Editing Conrad Bursian

{{short description|German academic, philologist and archaeologist (1830–1883)}}
[[File:Conrad Bursian.jpg|thumb|Conrad Bursian]]
'''Conrad Bursian''' ({{IPA|de|ˈbʊʀziaːn|lang}}; 14 November 1830 – 21 September 1883) was a German [[philology|philologist]] and [[archaeologist]].

== Biography ==
He was born at [[Mutzschen]] in [[Kingdom of Saxony|Saxony]]. When his parents moved to [[Leipzig]], he received his early education at [[Thomasschule zu Leipzig]]. From 1847 to 1851 he was a student at the [[University of Leipzig]], where his instructors included [[Moritz Haupt]] (1808–1874) and [[Otto Jahn]] (1813–1869). He then spent six months in [[Berlin]], where he attended lectures given by [[Philipp August Böckh]] (1785–1867). In 1852 he completed his university studies at [[Leipzig]], spending the next three years traveling in [[Belgium]], [[France]], [[Italy]] and [[Greece]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

In 1856 he obtained his habilitation, and two years later was an associate professor in Leipzig. In 1861 he was appointed professor of philology and archaeology at [[University of Tübingen|Tübingen]]; in 1864 he was a professor of [[classical antiquity|classical antiquities]] at [[Zürich]]. From 1869 at [[Jena]], he was a professor and director of the archaeological museum, and in 1874 he relocated to [[Munich]], where he served as a professor  until his death.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}
 
==Principal works==
His favorite classical authors were [[Aristophanes]], [[Demosthenes]], [[Theocritus]] and the [[Greek tragedy|Greek tragedians]]; among the Romans, he favoured [[Lucretius]], [[Juvenal]] and the [[Elegiacs]].<ref name=DB>[http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Bursian,_Konrad ADB:Bursian, Konrad] at [[Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie]]</ref> He was editor of the ''{{ill|Jahresbericht über die Fortschritte der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft|s:de}}'' (Annual report on the progress of classical studies),{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}<ref>[http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Zeitschriften_(Altertumswissenschaft) German Wikisource]: Zeitschriften (Altertumswissenschaft)</ref> and wrote an outline of [[Greek art]] history for [[Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste|Ersch and Gruber's ''Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste'']].<ref name=DB/>

His most important works are:
*''Geographie von Griechenland'' (1862–1872) – Geography of Greece.
*''Beiträge zur Geschichte der klassischen Studien im Mittelalter'' (1873) – Contributions to the history of classical studies in the [[Middle Ages]]. 
*''Geschichte der klassischen Philologie in Deutschland'' (1883) – History of classical philology in Germany.
*edition of [[Julius Firmicus Maternus]]' "De Errore Profanarum Religionum" (1856)
*edition of [[Seneca the Elder]]'s "Suasoriae" (1857).<ref>List of publications copied from an equivalent article at the [[German Wikipedia]].</ref>

==See also==
* [[Lustrum (journal)|''Lustrum'' (journal)]], the successor to ''Bursians Jahresbericht''

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{EB1911|wstitle=Bursian, Conrad|volume=4|page=863}}

==Further reading==
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* {{cite journal |last1=Richter |first1=Richard |title=Conrad Bursian |department=Nekrologe |journal=Biographisches Jahrbuch für Alterthumskunde |date=1883 |publication-date=1884 |volume=6 |pages=1–11 |url=https://archive.org/details/jahresberichtb33leipuoft/page/n412/mode/1up}}
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==External links==
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Conrad Bursian}}

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