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Erwin Rohde was one of the great German classical scholars of the 19th century. He was born in Hamburg, the son of a doctor. Outside of antiquarian circles, he's known today chiefly for his friendship and correspondence with fellow-philologist Friedrich Nietzsche. The two were students together in Bonn and Leipzig, where they were studying philology taught by Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl. In 1872, he became a professor at the University of Kiel. He was later professor in Jena (1876), Tübingen (1878) and finally Heidelberg, where he died after suffering from a gradual decline in health.