Christian August Volquardsen

Christian August Volquardsen (6 October 1840 in Hadersleben – 1 August 1917 in Kiel) was a German classical historian.

He studied history at the University of Kiel, and from 1864 to 1868 taught classes at the gymnasium in his hometown of Hadersleben. Afterwards, he worked as a schoolteacher in Potsdam, then in 1873 was named a professor of ancient history at the University of Kiel. In 1879 he relocated to the University of Göttingen, and in 1897 returned as a professor to Kiel. In 1909 he received the title of Geheimer Regierungsrat (privy government councilor).

Principal works

• Untersuchungen über die Quellen der griechischen und sicilischen Geschichten bei Diodor, Buch XI bis XVI, 1868 – Studies involving the sources of Greek and Sicilian histories of Diodorus Siculus, Book XI to XVI.
• Rom im Übergange von der Republik zu Monarchie und Cicero als politischer Charakter, 1907 – Rome in passing from the Republic to Empire and Cicero as a political character.
• Aus schleswig-holsteinischer Geschichte, 1907 – On Schleswig-Holstein history.