Hermann Diels

German classical scholar (1848–1922)

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Lived 1848–1922, aged 74Germany
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    1848–1922
    Aged 74
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Updated 2026-06-16

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.

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