Friedrich Leo: advisors and students

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Friedrich Leo

German classical philologist1851 to 1914

Wikidata names Franz Bücheler and Hermann Usener as doctoral advisors and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

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Franz Bücheler
stated by Wikidata
Hermann Usener

Taught1

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a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Paul Jacobsthal
born 1880

The line above and below2 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

1 step up
stated by WikidataFranz Büchelerstated by WikidataHermann Usener
2 steps up
stated by WikidataFriedrich Wilhelm Ritschl

Education and career7

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.

1877 to 1881
University of Bonn
worked
1881 to 1883
Kiel University
worked
1883 to 1888
University of Rostock
worked
1888 to 1889
University of Strasbourg
worked
1889 to 1914
University of Göttingen
worked
undated
University of Göttingen
studied
undated
University of Bonn
studied

At a glance

known as: linguist, classical philologist, university teacher, latinist
fields: Latin-language literature, classical philology
degrees: Doctor of Philosophy, University of Bonn, 1873
awards: Geheimer Regierungsrat
member of: Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, from 1906, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, from 1893, Burschenschaft Brunsviga, from 1868, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, from 1910
Wikipedia: in 13 languages

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Elsewhere6

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaFriedrich Leo
stated by WikidataWikidataQ71353
stated by WikidataVIAF12434961
stated by WikidataGND116918365
stated by WikidataIdRef060546603
stated by WikidataISNI0000000121210195

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Read on 27 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q71353,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Friedrich Leo: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q71353},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). Friedrich Leo: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q71353