Boeckh, Philip August, classical antiquary, born at Carlsruhe; professor of Ancient Literature in Berlin; a classic of the first rank, and a contributor on a large scale to all departments of Greek classical learning; was an eminently learned man, and an authority in different departments of learning (1785‒1867).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Boece, Hector * Boehm, Sir Joseph Edgar