Franz Ritter
Franz Ritter was a German classical philologist.
He studied classical philology at the universities of Bonn and Berlin, receiving his doctorate in 1828 with a dissertation on Aristophanes' Plutus. In 1829 he obtained his habilitation at the University of Bonn, where in 1833 he was named an associate professor of classical philology.
He published the entire edition of works by Horace as well as three complete editions of Tacitus. He also edited works by Tertullian, Terence, Aristotle and Sophocles.Selected works
