Ernst Vogt
German classical philologist (1930–2017)
Ernst Vogt (6 November 1930 – 9 August 2017) was a German classical philologist. He was a professor at the University of Mannheim (1967–1975) and LMU Munich (1975–1999). Between 2002 and 2014 he served president of the International Thesaurus Commission.
Vogt engaged with the history of literary forms and genres, with Greek literature of the Hellenistic and Roman Empire periods, with the history of how classical literature was delivered and received, and with the history of classical philology.
Biography
Ernst Walter Siegfried Vogt was born and grew up in Duisburg, a dynamic commercial and manufacturing center which at that time (as now) was home to one of the world's largest inland ports. His father was a lawyer. He successfully completed his schooling at the city's Landfermann-Gymnasium (secondary school) and then, in 1950, moved on to study classical philology, archeology and philosophy, upriver at the University of Bonn. His student career at Bonn lasted until 1956, during which time the scope of his studies also covered papyrology and language sciences. In 1951/52, he spent a year at the University of Tübingen. He also received a DAAD scholarship which enabled him to spend a year in Athens.
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