# Julius Zacher

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'''Ernst Julius August Zacher''' (5 February 1816, [Obernigk](/source/Obernigk) – 23 March 1887, [Halle an der Saale](/source/Halle_an_der_Saale)) was a German [philologist](/source/philologist).

From 1836 to 1839, he studied [theology](/source/theology) and [philology](/source/philology) at the [University of Breslau](/source/University_of_Breslau), where he attended lectures on [German language](/source/German_language) and [literature](/source/German_literature) given by [Hoffmann von Fallersleben](/source/Hoffmann_von_Fallersleben). He then served as a private tutor under the employ of [Graf von Wylich und Lottum](/source/Carl_Friedrich_Heinrich%2C_Graf_von_Wylich_und_Lottum). Afterwards, he travelled to the [Berlin](/source/University_of_Berlin), where he studied under [Karl Lachmann](/source/Karl_Lachmann) and the [Brothers Grimm](/source/Brothers_Grimm). In 1847, he began work at the university [library](/source/library) in [Halle](/source/University_of_Halle) and assumed duties as secretary of the ''Thüringisch-sächsischen Vereins zur Erforschung der vaterländischen Alterthümer'' (Thuringian-Saxon Society for the study of Patriotic Antiquities).<ref name=DB>[http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz86392.html Zacher, Julius] at Deutsche Biographie</ref><ref name=HA>[http://www.catalogus-professorum-halensis.de/zacherjulius.html Catalogus-professorum-halensis] biography</ref>

In 1853, he qualified as a lecturer at Halle with the thesis, ''Desquistionis grammaticae de alphabetic gothici ulphilani origine atque indoles particular''. In 1856, he became an associate professor, and three years later, transferred to [Königsberg](/source/University_of_K%C3%B6nigsberg) as chair of [German philology](/source/German_philology) and chief librarian. In 1863, he returned as a professor to Halle, where he gave classes in [German grammar](/source/German_grammar), metrics and [mythology](/source/German_mythology).<ref name=DB/><ref name=HA/>

In 1868, with [Ernst Höpfner](/source/Ernst_H%C3%B6pfner), he founded the journal, ''Zeitschrift für deutsche Philologie''.<ref name=DB/> In 1869, he founded the ''Germanistische Handbibliothek'' (German "reference library").<ref>[https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Zacher,_Julius ADB: Zacher, Julius] @ [Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie](/source/Allgemeine_Deutsche_Biographie)</ref> 

== Selected works ==
* ''Das Gothische Alphabet Vulfilas und das Runenalphabet : eine sprachwissenschaftliche Untersuchung'', 1855 &ndash; The [Gothic alphabet](/source/Gothic_alphabet) of [Ulfilas](/source/Ulfilas) and the [Rune alphabet](/source/Runes).
* ''Alexandri Magni iter ad paradisum / ex codd. mss latinis primus'', 1859.
* ''Pseudocallisthenes; forschungen zur kritik und geschichte der ältesten aufzeichnung der Alexandersage'', 1867 &ndash; [Pseudo-Callisthenes](/source/Pseudo-Callisthenes); Research on the history and criticism of the oldest record of "Alexandersage".<ref>[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=%22Zacher,%20Julius,%201816-1887.%22&type=author&inst= HathiTrust Digital Library] published works</ref>

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