Friedrich Kraner

Friedrich Kraner was a German schoolteacher and classical philologist.
He studied philology at the University of Leipzig as a pupil of Gottfried Hermann. Afterwards, he worked as a teacher in Annaberg, then served as an Oberlehrer in Meissen. In 1857 he was named director of the gymnasium in Zwickau, and in 1862 was appointed rector of the Thomasschule [zu Leipzig|Thomasschule] in Leipzig.

Published works

He is best remembered for his scholarly treatment of Julius Caesar's Commentarii [de Bello Gallico] and Commentarii de Bello Civili. The following are a few of Kraner's noteworthy written efforts:

Plutarchi Vita Phocionis, 1840 - edition of Plutarch's life of Phocion.
Hellenica : die Geschichte Griechenlands bis zum peloponnesischen Kriege nach ihren Hauptmomenten in Auszügen aus griechischen Schriftstellern für mittlere Gymnasialclassen, 1842 - Hellenica, the history of Greece up to the Peloponnesian War, etc.
C. Julii Caesaris Commentarii de bello Gallico, ; Leipzig, Wiedmannsche Buchhandlung, 1853
C. Julii Caesaris Commentarii de bello Civili, Berlin; Weidmann, 1856.