Theodor Kock

German Classicist; studied Classics from 1838-1842 in Breslau, Halle, and Berlin; received his Ph.D. from the University of Breslau in 1842. Worked as teacher at high schools (Gymnasien) in Posen and Elbing. In 1854, he became principal of the high school (Gymnasium) in Guben; later, he served in similar position in Stolp, Memel, at the Johanneum in Hamburg, and from 1866-1882, when he retired, at the Luisenstädter Gymnasium in Berlin. He spent the last two decades of his life in …