Christian Falster (January 1, 1690 – October 24, 1752) was a Danish poet and philologist, born at Branderslev (island of Laaland). He became rector of the school at Ribe. He preferred to live there, refusing to accept better positions, and keeping his rectorship. He published translations of Ovid (1719) and the Satires of Juvenal (1731); 11 original satires on his times, often reprinted (1720–39); and in Latin a number of works, such as Viglia Prima Noctium Ripensiun (1721); Memori Obscur (1722); Amnitates Philologic (three volumes, 1821–32).
Falster thought that all learning should be brought to bear upon theology,
and, like Erasmus, he Шаблон:Sic that classical authors could contribute
much toward sound religion. Falster's work covered a broad field from the
history of Greek literature on the one hand, to Latin lexicography on the
other, recognizing that philology, in the narrow sense, and literature
are inextricably interwoven.[1]
