August Wilhelm Zumpt
August Wilhelm Zumpt was a German classical scholar, known chiefly in connection with Latin epigraphy. He was a nephew of philologist Karl Gottlob Zumpt.
Born in Königsberg, Zumpt studied at the University of Berlin. From 1839 to 1851, he was a professor at Friedrich Werder Gymnasium, afterwards working as a professor at Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium under the direction of Karl Ferdinand Ranke. He travelled extensively during his career; England, Italy, Greece, Egypt, Palestine and Asia Minor.
His papers on epigraphy brought him into conflict with Theodor Mommsen in connexion with the preparation of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, a scheme for which, drawn up by Mommsen, was approved in 1847.
Works
- Edition of Rutilius Claudius Namatianus, "De Reditu Suo Libri Duo".
- "De Augustalibus et Seviris Augustalibus commentatio epigraphica".
- "Caesaris Augusti index rerum a se gestarum sive monumentum Ancyranum" .
- "Augusti Wilhelmi Zumptii Commentationum epigraphicarum ad antiquitates Romanas pertinentium". Das Criminalrecht der römischen Republik.
- Editions of Cicero; "Oratio pro L. Murena" and "Orationes Tres de lege agraria".
- "De monumento Ancyrano supplendo commantatio".Der Criminalprocess der römischen Republik.