German classical scholar who led a school contending that the emphasis in classical philology should be on linguistic, rather than historico-antiquarian, research. His entire professional life was spent at the University of Leipzig. His earlier work resulted in his two most important books, De Emendanda Ratione Graecae Grammaticae (1801; “On the Correct Method of Emending Greek Grammar”) and Elementa Doctrinae Metricae (1816; “Elements of Teaching Metrics”).