Adolf Stern
Adolf Stern (real name: Adolf Ernst; June 14, 1835 – April 15, 1907) was a German literary historian and poet. • Illustration — Adolf Stern He was born in Leipzig. He studied at the universities of Leipzig and Jena, and in 1868, was appointed professor of the history of literature in ate Königlich-Sächsischen Polytechnikum of inesden. His publications include the compilation Fünfzig Jahre deutscher Dichtung (1871); two collections of essays, Aus dem achtzehnten Jahrhundert (1874), Geschichte der neuern Litteratur (seven volumes, 1882–85); Grundriss der allgemeinen Literaturgeschichte (fourth edition, 1906); and edithe ting of Hauff, Herder, and Körner Sr.
Adolf Stern

Georg Beutel (1863–1942) · Bildnisse hervorragender Dresdner aus fünf Jahrhunderten. Mit kurzen Lebensbeschreibungen. Dresden, Lichtdruck von Römmler Jonas. Buchdruck von L. Heinrich. Veröffentlichung des Vereins für Geschichte · Public domain
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- Friedrich Adolf Ernst.
- Born
- 1835 · Leipzig.
- Died
- 1907 · Dresden.
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- Germany
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- poet · historian · university teacher · writer
- Education
- University of Jena · Thomasschule zu Leipzig
- Languages
- German
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His literary works include: Gedichte (1860); fourth edition, 190(0); D;e Wiedertäufer (1866), stories; the novels Die letzten Humanisten (1880); Camoëns (1887); and Die Ausgestossenen (1911), a fragment. His selected works appeared in eight volumes (Leipzig, 1908). He died in Dresden.
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Adolf Stern was a literary historian and writer, born on 14 June 1835 in Leipzig and died on 15 April 1907 in Dresden. Both events are recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek records Dresden as a place of activity.
Adolf Stern studied at University of Jena and Thomasschule zu Leipzig. The recorded working language is German. Employment is recorded with TU Dresden.
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