Christian Wilhelm Ahlwardt
Christian Wilhelm Ahlwardt was a German classical philologist. He was the father of orientalist Wilhelm Ahlwardt.
After obtaining his habilitation from the University of Rostock, he worked as a schoolteacher in the town of Demmin. In 1795 he was named academic rector in Anklam, followed by a rectorship at the Oldenburg gymnasium. In 1811 he was named rector of the gymnasium in Greifswald, and in 1817 he became a professor of ancient literature at the University of Greifswald, where he remained until his death.
