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ORELLI, JOHANN CASPAR VON (1787-1849) , Swiss classical scholar, was born at Zurich on the 13th of February 1787. He belonged to a distinguished Italian family, which had taken refuge
cousin
CONRAD
ORELLI (1770-1826), was the author of several works in the department of later Greek literature. From 1807 to 1814 Orelli worked as preacher in the reformed community of Bergamo, where he acquired the taste for Italian literature which led to the publication of Contributions to the History of Italian Poetry (181o) and a biography (1812) of Vittorino da Feltre, his ideal of a teacher. In 1814 he became teacher of modern languages and history at the cantonal school at Chur (Coire); in 1819, professor of eloquence and hermeneutics at the Carolinum in Zurich, and in 1833 professor at the new university, the foundation of which was largely due to his efforts. His attention during this period was mainly devoted to classical literature and antiquities. He had already published (1814) an edition, with critical notes and commentary, of the Antidosis of Isocrates, the complete text of which, based upon the MSS. in the Ambrosian and Laurentian libraries, had recently been made known by Andreas Mystoxedes of Corfu. The three works upon which his reputation rests are the following. (I) A complete edition of Cicero in seven volumes (1826-1838). The first four volumes contained the text (new ed., 1845-1863), the fifth the old Scholiasts, the remaining three (called Onomasticon Tullianum) a life of Cicero, a bibliography of previous editions, indexes of geographical and historical names, of laws and legal formulae, of Greek words, and the consular annals. After his death, the revised edition of the text was completed by J. G. Baiter and C. Halm, and contained numerous emendations by Theodor Mommsen and J. N. Madvig. (2) The works of Horace (1837-1838; 4th ed., 1886-1892). The exegetical commentary, although confessedly only a compilation from the works of earlier commentators, shows great
Winckelmann ) and Tacitus (1846-1848, new ed. by various scholars, 1875-1894) also deserve mention. Orelli died at Zurich on the 6th of January 1849. He was a most liberal-minded man, both in politics and religion, an enthusiastic supporter of popular education and a most inspiring teacher. He took great
interest
See Life by his younger brother Conrad
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