Julius Ludwig Ideler
Julius Ludwig Ideler was a German philologist and naturalist. He was the son of astronomer Christian Ludwig Ideler.
From 1828 he studied medicine, mathematics and natural sciences at the University of Berlin, where in 1834 he obtained his habilitation for language research. He died on 17 July 1842 in Berlin, age 32.
He was the author of books on ancient and modern languages and literature as well as on works involving natural sciences, being especially known for his studies of classical Greek and Roman meteorology.
Selected works
Handbuch der französischen sprache und literatur - Handbook of French language and literature. Meteorologia veterum Graecorum et Romanorum ''— Prolegomena ad novam Meteorologicorum Aristotelis — Editionem adornandam, 1832.Ueber den Ursprung der Feuerkugeln und des Nordlichts, 1832 - On the origin of fireballs and the Northern Lights. Untersuchungen über den Hagel und die elektrischen Erscheinungen in unserer Atmosphäre, 1833 - Studies of hail and electrical phenomena in the atmosphere.Aristotelous Meteōrologika : Aristotelis Meteorologicorum libri IV.Die sage von dem schuss des Tell; eine historisch-kritische abhandlung, 1836.- ; volume 3, new edition; translation of