Adolf Frey
Adolf Frey (18 February 1855, Küttigen – 12 February 1920, Zurich) was a Swiss writer and literary historian. The son of popular writer Jakob Frey (1824–1875), he studied at various universities, including from 1879 to 1881 literature and history at the University of Leipzig. In 1882, he became a German teacher at the high school in Aarau and in 1898 professor of German literature at the University of Zurich.
Adolf Frey
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- Switzerland.
- Occupation
- literary historian, writer, university teacher, poet, philologist, literary critic and narrator.
- Languages
- Swiss Standard German and Aargauian.
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Adolf Frey (18 February 1855, Küttigen – 12 February 1920, Zurich) was a Swiss writer and literary historian. The son of popular writer Jakob Frey (1824–1875), he studied at various universities, including from 1879 to 1881 literature and history at the University of Leipzig. In 1882, he became a German teacher at the high school in Aarau and in 1898 professor of German literature at the University of Zurich.
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He died at age 64, from cancer.
• Schweizersagen, Leipzig 1881 • Erinnerungen an Gottfried Keller, 1892 • Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, sein Leben und seine Werke, 1900 • Aus versunkenen Gärten
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Adolf Frey was born on 18 February 1855.
1920
Adolf Frey died on 12 February 1920.
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