Moritz Hermann Eduard Meier (1796-1855) was a German classical scholar, born at Glogau. When 24 years of age he became professor extraordinarius at the University of Greifswald, and in 1824 was made professor

Professor

A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...

 ordinarius at Halle, where he remained until his death. Friedrich August Wolf

Friedrich August Wolf

Friedrich August Wolf was a German philologist and critic.He was born at Hainrode, a village not far from Nordhausen, Germany. His father was the village schoolmaster and organist...

, and especially Wolf's great pupil, August Boeckh

Philipp August Böckh

August Böckh was a German classical scholar and antiquarian.-Biography:He was born in Karlsruhe, and educated at the local gymnasium; in 1803 he left for the University of Halle, where he studied theology. F.A...

, whose classic work on the public economy of Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

 appeared in 1817, had a great influence on Meier. His own first important publication dealt with a question in the legal antiquities of Athens, Historia Juris Attici de Bonis Damnatorum, etc. (Berlin, 1819); but his greatest work was written in collaboration with G. F. Schömann

Georg Friedrich Schömann

Georg Friedrich Schömann , was a German classical scholar.He was born at Stralsund in Pomerania. In 1827 he was appointed professor of ancient literature and eloquence in the University of Greifswald; it was there that he died.Schömann's main interest was in the constitutional and religious...

, Der Attische Process (Berlin, 1824); and was crowned by the Berlin Royal Academy

Prussian Academy of Sciences

The Prussian Academy of Sciences was an academy established in Berlin on 11 July 1700, four years after the Akademie der Künste or "Arts Academy", to which "Berlin Academy" may also refer.-Origins:...

. This treatise, now revised by J. H. Lipsius

Justus Hermann Lipsius

Justus Hermann Lipsius was a German classical scholar, born at Leipzig, professor of the university of his native city after 1869. He was editor of Andocides and of Demosthenes, On the Crown , reviser of Meier and Schömann's Der attische Prozess and of Schömann's Griechische Altertümer Justus...

 (Berlin 1883-87), remains the standard work on Athenian legal procedure. Meier also prepared an edition of Demosthenes

Demosthenes

Demosthenes was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide an insight into the politics and culture of ancient Greece during the 4th century BC. Demosthenes learned rhetoric by...

 Against Meidias and published many papers on subjects relating to classical antiquity, especially Andocides

Andocides

Andocides or Andokides was a logographer in Ancient Greece. He was one of the ten Attic orators included in the "Alexandrian Canon" compiled by Aristophanes of Byzantium and Aristarchus of Samothrace in the third century BCE.He was implicated during the Peloponnesian War in the mutilation of the...

 and Theophrastus

Theophrastus

Theophrastus , a Greek native of Eresos in Lesbos, was the successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. He came to Athens at a young age, and initially studied in Plato's school. After Plato's death he attached himself to Aristotle. Aristotle bequeathed to Theophrastus his writings, and...

; these were collected after his death in Opuscula (1861-63). Much of his energy, however, while resident at Halle, was spent on editorial duties, as he was an editor of the Halle Allgemeine Zeitung for many years, and also coeditor of the Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste from 1830 to 1855.

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• Moritz Hermann Eduard Meier