Kurt Otto Friedrich Hense (11 April 1845, Halberstadt – 11 March 1931, Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German classical philologist known for his investigations of Sophocles and the anthologist Stobaeus.
Otto Hense | |
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Born | Halberstadt | 11 April 1845
Died | 11 March 1931 Freiburg im Breisgau | (aged 85)
Occupation | German classical philologist |
In 1868 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Halle with the dissertation thesis, Exercitationes criticae imprimis in Euripidis fragmentis. After graduation, he worked as a gymnasium teacher, and in 1872 received his habilitation for classical philology at the University of Halle. From 1876 to 1909 he was a professor at the University of Freiburg, where in 1893/94 he served as university vice-rector.[1]
With historian Curt Wachsmuth, he was co-author of a five-volume edition of Stobaeus, titled Ioannis Stobaei Anthologium, with volumes 1-2 containing the Eclogae physicae et ethicae and being edited by Wachsmuth (1884), and volumes 3-5 containing the Florilegium and being edited by Hense (1894–1912).[2] Other significant works associated with Hense are: