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Zumpt (KARL a German classical)

KARL, a German _classical philologist; born in Berlin, Germany , March 20, 1792. He was appointed Professor of Roman Literature in the University of Berlin in 1836. His greatest work, the "Latin Grammar" (1818; 13th ed. 1874), was translated into English, and is the basis of several of the Latin grammars since compiled for the use of schools. He also prepared annotated editions of several of the Latin classics; and wrote: "Annals of Ancient Kingdoms, Nations, etc." (1819), in Latin; "The Roman Knights and the equestrian Order" (1840); "On the Duration of the Philosophic Schools at Athens, and the Succession of the Scholarchs" (1843); "On the Law and the Proofs of Extortion" (Repetundarum; 1845); "The Personal Liberty of the Roman Citizen, and بہ ZUNZ its Legal Guarantees" (1846). He died in Karlsbad, June 25, 1849.