Karl Wilhelm Piderit Explained

Karl Wilhelm Piderit (20 March 1815, in Witzenhausen  - 27 May 1875, in Hanau) was a German classical philologist and educator.

From 1833 he studied at the University of Marburg, receiving his doctorate with a dissertation on the rhetorician Hermagoras of Temnos, titled Commentatio De Hermagora rhetora. In 1837 he became an apprentice-teacher at the gymnasium in Hersfeld, and two years later began teaching classes at a grammar school in Marburg. In 1844 he returned to Hersfeld as a teacher, and from 1850 performed similar duties at the gymnasium in Kassel. In 1853 he was appointed director of the Hanau gymnasium, a position he maintained up until his death in 1875.^{[1] [2]}

Published works

He is best remembered for his scholarly editions of Cicero,^{[2] [3]} of which, he published:

• De oratore (1862; 6th edition, 3 volumes 1886–90).
• Partitiones oratoriae (2nd edition, 1867).
• Brutus (3rd edition, 1889).^[4]

Piderit was also the author of:

• De Apollodoro Pergameno et Theodoro Gadarensi rhetoribus, 1842  - On Apollodorus of Pergamon and Theodorus of Gadara.
• Sophokleische Studien (2 parts, 1856–57)  - Sophocles studies

Following the death of theologian August Friedrich Christian Vilmar in 1868, Piderit released several editions of his works:

• Ein Weihnachtsspiel aus einer Handschrift des 15. Jahrhunderts, 1869 (edition of Vilmar)  - A Christmas play from a manuscript of the 15th century.
• Lebensbilder deutscher Dichter, 1869 (edition of Vilmar)  - Biography of a German poet.
• Luther, Melanchthon, Zwingli: nebst einem Anhang: Das evangelische Kirchenlied, 1869 (edition of Vilmar)  - Martin Luther, Philip Melanchthon, Huldrych Zwingli: with an appendix: An evangelical hymn.
• Die Augsburgische Confession, 1870 (edition of Vilmar)  - The Augsburg Confession.
• Die Lehre vom geistlichen Amt, 1870 (edition of Vilmar)  - The doctrine of the ministry.
• Die genieperiode. Ein vortrag von A.F.C. Vilmar. Supplement zu des verfassers Literaturgeschichte, 1872  - The genius period: a lecture of August Friedrich Christian Vilmar: Supplement to the author's literary history.
• Lehrbuch der Pastoraltheologie, 1872 (edition of Vilar)  - Textbook of pastoral theology.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bGKj6y00T54C&dq=%22Piderit%2C+Karl+Wilhelm%22+1815&pg=PA437 Nomenclator philologorum
2. https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Piderit,_Karl_Wilhelm ADB:Piderit, Karl Wilhelm
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=RShHAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Piderit%2C+Karl+Wilhelm%22+1815&pg=PA598 Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year ...
4. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=%22Piderit,KarlWilhelm,1815-1875,%22&type=author&inst= HathiTrust Digital Library
5. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2001-61727/ Most widely held works by K. W Piderit
6. http://www.idref.fr/067819338 IdRef / SUDOC