Detlev Karl Wilhelm Baumgarten-Crusius


Detlev Karl Wilhelm Baumgarten-Crusius was a German educator and philologist. He was the older brother of theologian Ludwig Friedrich Otto Baumgarten-Crusius.
From 1810, he served as a vice-principal in Merseburg, afterwards performing similar duties in Dresden. In 1833 he was appointed rector at the "Landesschule" in Meissen, where he worked for the remainder of his career.
Baumgarten-Crusius is known for his work in the field of classical philology, in particular, editions of the Roman historian Suetonius. In 1822-24, he published an edition of Homer's Odyssey.

Selected writings