Ernst Eduard Hudemann


Ernst Eduard Hudemann was a German educator, philologist and classical historian.
He studied philology at the University of Kiel, afterwards working in Kiel as a Hülfslehrer at the Gelehrten-Schule. Beginning in 1840, he worked as an instructor in Schleswig, later serving as a conrector in Oldenburg and Leer. In 1859 he was named Oberlehrer in Landsberg an der Warthe, and in 1864 was appointed subrector in Plön. He died on December 21, 1889.

Published works

Known for his writings on ancient Rome, his best known work being a book involving its postal system, "Geschichte des römischen Postwesens während der Kaiserzeit". Other significant writings by Hudemann are:
Along with educator Friedrich Lübker, he made contributions to Reinhold Klotz' dictionary of the Latin language, "Handwörterbuch der lateinischen Sprache".