Arnold Schaefer

After his graduation, Schaefer initially attempted a habilitation project on Old High German, supervised by Moritz Haupt.

Due to a favourable job offer from the educationalist Karl Justus Blochmann (1786–1855), Schaefer was persuaded to relocate to Dresden, where he subsequently taught classes in history and ancient languages at the Vitzthum Gymnasium [de].

He maintained friendly links with colleagues in various fields, including the economist Eduard Baumstark [de], the archaeologist Adolf Michaelis, and the philologists Martin Hertz, Georg Friedrich Schömann, and Hermann Usener.

He refused a post at the University of Königsberg in 1863, to fill the vacancy left by Wilhelm von Giesebrecht's departure.

Source criticism of Greek and Roman historical texts formed an important part of his lessons, forming the foundations for his publication in 1867 of Abriß der Quellenkunde der griechischen Geschichte bis auf Polybios (Outline of Source Criticism of Greek History up to Polybios).

[4] Shortly after the publication of the final volume, Schaefer undertook an extended educational tour of Greece, Asia Minor, Syria, and Italy.