Wilhelm Freund

Who was Wilhelm Freund?

Wilhelm Freund was a German Jewish philologist, born at Kempen. He studied education at Berlin and Breslau, and was chiefly occupied in teaching till 1870, when he retired in order to devote himself to his literary pursuits. Besides classical school-books and some works on philology, he compiled an elaborate Latin dictionary in 4 volumes, the Wörterbuch der Lateinischen Sprache, which has been the basis of the standard English-Latin dictionaries in the 19th century. It was translated into English by Ethan Allen Andrews in 1850 and revised as the basis for Lewis and Short's A Latin Dictionary. He also wrote:

⁕Wie studiert man Philologie

⁕Tafeln der Litteraturgeschichte

⁕Triennium Philologicum

⁕Präparationen zu den griechischen und römischen Klassikern,

⁕Wanderungen auf klassischem Boden

In addition to his work in philology, Freund was involved in Jewish education and in political activism for the rights of the Jewish community in the Kingdom of Prussia. He died in Breslau.