Ferdinand Gotthelf Hand

Ferdinand Gotthelf Hand (* February 15, 1786 in Plauen, † March 14, 1851 in Jena ) was a German classical scholar.

Hand, prefigured in Sorau, studied since 1803 in Leipzig by Gottfried Hermann and Friedrich August Carus and his doctorate in 1807 for a Doctor of Philosophy. 1809 was the habilitation observationum criticarum in Catulli carmina Specimen and it was founded in 1810 to Franz Passow point Professor at the Wilhelm- Ernst -Gymnasium in Weimar. In 1817 he became an associate and in the same year professor of philosophy and Greek literature, and co-director of the philological seminar in Jena. He has taught since 1818 at two weekly days, the Princesses Mary and Augusta of Saxe- Weimar -Eisenach, which he also accompanied in 1824 to one year to Saint Petersburg. In 1837 he was awarded the title Councilor and died on 14 March 1851 in Jena.

Hand was a member of Hermann's Greek society.

Works (selection)

• (as ed.): Friedrich August Carus: Posthumous Works. 7 volumes. Barth and grief, Leipzig from 1808 to 1810.
• (as ed.): St. John Frederici gronovii in P. Papinii Statii silvarum Libros V diatribe. Accedunt Emerici Crucei Antidiatribe, gronovii Elenchus Antidiatribes et Crucei muscarium. Edidit Et Annotationes Adjecit Ferdinandus Handius. 2 vols. Fleischer, Leipzig 1812.
• Tursellinus, seu de particulis Latinis Commentaries. 4 volumes. Weidman, Leipzig 1829-45, (Unfinished; Reprints: Hakkert, Amsterdam 1969).
• Textbook of Latin style. Crökersche bookstore, Jena 1833, ( 3rd edition, edited by Heinrich Ludwig Schmitt. Costenoble, Jena 1880).
• Aesthetic of Music. 2 vols. High Hausen, Jena 1837-41, (2nd revised edition Eduard Eisenach, Leipzig, 1850 reprint. Hard Press, Lenox MA 1969).
• Practical manual for exercises in Latin style. Cröker, Jena 1838 (2nd revised edition. Ibid., 1850).