Detlev Karl Wilhelm Baumgarten-Crusius
Detlev Karl Wilhelm Baumgarten-Crusius was a German educator and philologist. He was the older brother of theologian Ludwig Friedrich Otto Baumgarten-Crusius.
From 1810, he served as a vice-principal in Merseburg, afterwards performing similar duties in Dresden. In 1833 he was appointed rector at the "Landesschule" in Meissen, where he worked for the remainder of his career.
Baumgarten-Crusius is known for his work in the field of classical philology, in particular, editions of the Roman historian Suetonius. In 1822-24, he published an edition of Homer's Odyssey.
Selected writings
- Clavis Suetoniana : triplicem continens indicem, 1818
- Homeri Odyssea, 1822-1824
- Eutropii Breviarium historiae romanae, 1824.
- C. Suetonii Tranquilli opera omnia, 1828
- C. Suetonii Tranquilli Duodecim Caesares, et minora quae supersunt opera, 1828
- Symbolae ad Lexica Graeca ex Aretaeo Cappadoce, scriptore medico, 1834.