August Pauly

August Friedrich von Pauly (/ˈpɔːli/; German: [ˈpaʊli]; 9 May 1796, in Benningen am Neckar – 2 May 1845, in Stuttgart) was a German educator and classical philologist.

From 1813 to 1818 he studied at the University of Tübingen, then furthered his education at Heidelberg as a student of Georg Friedrich Creuzer.

Beginning in 1822, he served as rector of the Latin school in Biberach, followed by work as a gymnasium professor in Heilbronn (1828).

Pauly died prior to publication of the fourth volume of the initial edition.

After his death, Ernst Christian Walz and Wilhelm Siegmund Teuffel continued to edit the encyclopedia (first edition 1837–1852, six volumes).