Jakob Friedrich Heusinger


Jakob Friedrich Heusinger was a German classical philologist.
He studied philology and theology at the University of Jena, receiving his magister degree in 1748. Afterwards, he served as conrector and rector at the gymnasium in Wolfenbüttel. As a classical scholar he edited works by Cicero, Cornelius Nepos, Plutarch, et al.

Selected works

  • "Codicis M.S. qui Aiacem et Electram Sophoclis continet, brevem descriptionem, et in easdem tragoedias observationum specimen", 1745; respondent Friedrich Liebe.
  • "De Quatuor Evangeliorum Codice Graeco quem antiqua manu in membrana scriptum Guelferbytana bibliotheca servat", 1752.
  • "Programma de Nepote Cornelio bene merendi aliquot subsidia Bibliothecae Guelpherbytanae indicans", 1759.
  • "Fragmenta Cornelii Nepotis Guelpherbytana a censoria Lipsiensis critici virgula vindicate", 1760.
  • "Fl. Mallii Theodori De metris liber", 1766.
  • "M. Tullii Ciceronis De officiis libri tres", 1783; with Johann Michael Heusinger, Konrad Heusinger (edition of Cicero's "De Officiis", book III.