Ludwig Lange (philologist)
Christian Conrad Ludwig Lange (born 4 March 1825 in Hanover; died 18 August 1885 in Leipzig) was a German philologist and archaeologist. Biography. He studied at the University of Göttingen under Karl Friedrich Hermann, and in 1855 became a full professor of classical philology at the University of Prague. In 1859 he relocated as a professor to the University of Giessen, and in 1871 moved to Leipzig, where in 1879/80 he served as university rector. His principal work was ""Handbuch der römischen Altertümer"" (3rd edition, 1876–79); and he also wrote ""Der homerische Gebrauch der Partikel εἰ"" (1872–73 ) and ""Die Epheten und der Areopag vor Solon"" (1874). His smaller writings were posthumously collected and edited, with a biographical sketch by K. Lange, under the title ""Kleine Schriften aus dem Gebiete der classischen Alterthumswissenschaft"" (1887). Family. He married Adelheid Blume in 1854. They had four children: Konrad (1855–1921), an art historian; Ludwig, a physicist; Sophie; and Gertrud.