Adolf Kiessling (15 February 1837 – 3 May 1893) was a German philologist born in Culm (present-day Chełmno, Poland).
In 1863, he became a professor of classical philology at the University of Basel, and in 1869 began teaching classes at the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums in Hamburg.
In 1872 he relocated to the University of Greifswald, where from a scientific standpoint, he spent the most important years of his life.
[1] Kiessling's research largely dealt with critiques and commentaries of ancient classical texts.
He also explained and critiqued the writings of the historian Ammianus Marcellinus, the philosopher Seneca, the playwright Plautus and the poets Catullus and Propertius.