Friedrich Lübker

Friedrich Heinrich Christian Lübker (18 August 1811, Husum – 10 October 1867, Flensburg) was a German educator and philologist.

Later he moved to Braunschweig in order to spend time pursuing literary interests.

In 1864 he returned to Flensburg, where he was tasked with reorganization of its high school system.

[1] He was the author of many works, including a popular dictionary of classical antiquity that was issued in numerous editions spanning several decades.

He was also published a number of biographical works on various theological figures — Rhabanus Maurus, Alcuin, the martyrs victimized by Nero, Dionysius Areopagita, Hugo Grotius, to name a few.