Emil Hübner

Ernst Willibald Emil Hübner (7 July 1834 – 21 February 1901) was a German classical scholar.

He was born at Düsseldorf, the son of the historical painter Julius Hübner (1806–1882).

[1] After studying at Berlin and Bonn, he traveled extensively with a view to antiquarian and epigraphical researches.

[1] Hübner also wrote two books for the classical student: Grundriss zu Vorlesungen über die römische Litteraturgeschichte (4th edition, 1878, edited, with large additions, by JEB Mayor as Bibliographical clue to Latin literature, 1875),[3] and Bibliographie der klassischen Alterthumswissenschaft (2nd edition, 1889).

[1][4] In 1870 Hübner was appointed professor of classical philology at the University of Berlin,[2] where he died.