Karl Krumbacher

Karl Krumbacher (23 September 1856 – 12 December 1909) was a German scholar who was an expert on Byzantine Greek language, literature, history and culture.

He was one of the principal founders of Byzantine Studies as an independent academic discipline in modern universities.

A second edition was published in 1897,[3] with the collaboration of Albert Ehrhard (section on theology) and Heinrich Gelzer (general sketch of Byzantine history, AD 395–1453).

[5] His notable works include studies of the poetry of Michael Glykas (1894)[6] and Kassia (1897)[7] and Populäre Aufsätze (1900).

In Das Problem der neugriechischen Schriftsprache (1902) he strongly opposed the efforts of the Katharevousa purists to introduce the classical style into modern Greek language and literature.