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Johan Nicolai Madvig

In 1828 he became reader, and in 1829 professor of Latin language and literature at Copenhagen, and in 1832 was appointed university librarian.

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He devoted much attention to Cicero, and revolutionized the study of his philosophical writings by an edition of De Finibus (1839).

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He was educated at the classical school of Frederiksborg and the University of Copenhagen.

Johann Caspar von Orelli

After his death, the revised edition of the text was completed by JG Baiter and K Halm, and contained numerous emendations by Theodor Mommsen and JN Madvig.

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