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Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729-1812) was a German classical scholar, archaeologist, and long-time director of the Göttingen State and University Library. He is significant for being the first scholar to attempt a scientific treatment of Greek mythology and for building Göttingen's library into one of the leading academic libraries in the world.
Heyne was born on the 25th of September 1729 in Chemnitz, Saxony. He entered the University of Leipzig in 1748, where he earned his master's degree in 1752 under law professor Johann August Bach.
Heyne published editions with extensive commentaries on Tibullus (first edition 1755), Virgil, Pindar, Homer's Iliad (1802), and Apollodorus's Bibliotheca Graeca (1803). His Opuscula academica (1785-1812) collected more than a hundred academic dissertations, and his Antiquarische Aufsätze (1778-1779) gathered essays on ancient art history.
Heyne served as director of the university library at Göttingen from 1763 until his death in 1812, a tenure of nearly fifty years. Under his leadership the library grew into one of the leading academic libraries in the world through innovative cataloguing and an aggressive international acquisitions policy.
Heyne taught both Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt in classical philology at Göttingen. He directed the Humboldt brothers' interest toward linguistic questions, an influence that shaped their later intellectual careers.
Therese Huber was the daughter of Christian Gottlob Heyne and his first wife Therese. She became one of the first prominent women journalists in Germany, serving as editor of the Morgenblatt für gebildete Stände.