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Hermann Diels

German classical scholar (1848-1922) · Germany · Academics · Died at 74

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Hermann Alexander Diels was a German classical scholar, who was influential in the area of early Greek philosophy and is known for his standard work Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker.

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Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Honorary Doctor of the University of Aberdeen
Honorary Doctor of the University of St Andrews
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Cambridge
Honorary Doctor of the University of Athens
Honorary doctor of the Humboldt University of Berlin
Honorary Doctor of the University of Freiburg

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Hermann Alexander Diels was a German classical scholar, who was influential in the area of early Greek philosophy and is known for his standard work Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker. Diels helped to import the term Presocratic into classical scholarship and developed the Diels-Kranz numbering system for ancient Greek Pre-Socratic texts.

Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1848 to 1922 · aged 74

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