HAASE, FRIEDRICH GOTTLOB German classical scholar, was born at Magdeburg on Jan. 4, 1808, and died on Aug. 16, 1867, at Breslau, where he had been professor since 1840. He was one of the most successful teachers of his day.
He edited several classic authors: Xenophon v 5833) ; Thucydides (1840) ; Velleius Paterculus (1858) ; Seneca the philosopher (2nd ed., 1872, not yet superseded) ; and Tacitus (1855), the introduction to which is a masterful piece of Latinity. His V orle sungen fiber lateinische Sprachwissenschaft was published after his death by F. A. Eckstein and H. Peter (1874-8o) . See C. Bursian, Geschichte der klassischen Philologie in Deutschland (1883) ; G. Fick ert, Friderici Haasii memoria (1868) , with a list of works; T. Oelsner in Rubezahl (Schlesische Provinzialbliitter), vii. Heft 3 (Breslau, 1868).