August Wilhelm Zumpt

August Wilhelm Zumpt (1815-1877) was a classical scholar, known chiefly in connection with Latin epigraphy. He was a nephew of Karl Gottlob Zumpt.

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1815 - 1877 - Epigraphy - Karl Gottlob Zumpt

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August Wilhelm studied in Berlin, and in 1851 became professor in the Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium.

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Berlin - 1851 - Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium

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His papers on epigraphy (collected in Commentationes epigraphicae, i vols., 1850-54) brought him into conflict with Theodor Mommsen in connexion with the preparation of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, a scheme for which, drawn up by Mommsen, was approved in 1847.

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Theodor Mommsen - Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum

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