Karl Wilhelm Göttling

In 1819 he became director of the Neuwied gymnasium, and in 1822 was appointed associate professor of philology at the University of Jena.

At Jena he was also director of the philological seminary (from 1826) and university librarian, and in 1831 attained the title of full professor.

The greater part of his life, however, was devoted to the study of classical literature, especially the elucidation of Greek authors.

The contents of his Gesammelte Abhandlungen aus dem klassischen Altertum ("Collected treatises on classical antiquity," 2 vols., 1851–1863) and Opuscula Academica ("Brief academic works," published in 1869 after his death) sufficiently indicate the varied nature of his studies.

His smaller works were for the most part combined in Gesammelte Abhandlungen aus dem klassischen Altertum and Opuscula Academica (1869).