Bernhardy
Bernhardy , Gottfried
A well-known German classical scholar, was born near Frankfort in 1800. He pursued his studies at the University of Berlin, and in 1829 became director of the philological seminarium at Halle. His chief philological works are Syntax der griechischen Sprache (1829); Paralipomena Syntaxis Graecae (1854); and a critical edition of Suidas, 4 vols. (1834-53). His two works on Greek and Latin literature—Griechische Literaturgeschichte (1867-76) and the Grundriss d. römischen Lit. (5th ed. 1872)—are valuable contributions to historical literary study. He died May 14th, 1875.