Biography of Georg Curtius

Georg Curtius (* 16. April 1820 in Lübeck; † 12. August 1885 in Jelenia Góra) was a deutscher Altphilologe und Linguist. He was 65 years old. His education included University of Bonn and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He worked at Leipzig University, Kiel University and Charles University. His awards include Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order and Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art. He was buried at Individual monuments of cemetery Alter Johannisfriedhof, Leipzig.