Versuch über Thukydides, von Rudolf Dietsch

Heinrich Rudolf Dietsch (1814-1875), classical philologist and educator. After studying philology at Leipzig and Halle, Dietsch held teaching positions at Hildburghausen and Grimma, later serving as rector in Plauen. In 1839 he married Bianca Teubner, a daughter of Benedictus Teubner, the founder of the Teubner publishing house. He contributed to the journal Neue Jahrbücher für Philologie und Pädagogik (1848-1862) and authored editions and commentaries of classical authors including Cicero, Cornelius Nepos, Sallust, Herodotus, Eutropius, and Thucydides. He also produced pedagogical writings and history textbooks, and was commissioned in 1864 by Imperial Russia to review its educational system – earning him the Russian Order of St. Anna, 3rd Class. His career ended prematurely due to mental illness, and he died in a Leipzig asylum in 1875. DB