August Ferdinand Bernhardi

Shortly before his death he was named the headmaster of the Friedrich Wilhelms Gymnasium. In 1799 Bernhardi married Sophie Tieck, the younger sister of Ludwig Tieck, however, the marriage broke down in 1805. This relationship brought him into Romantic circles, associated with people such as Friedrich and August Wilhelm Schlegel, Ludwig Tieck and others. This prompted him to write and publish works on linguistics, as well as satirical writings about Berlin society and literary life. Bernhardi also contributed to literary journals and almanacs (such as Athenäum and Europa), and wrote some stories and poems in the romantic style, the most well-known of which is Der Löwe in Florenz (The Lion in Florence). Bernhardi, however, achieved renown and recognition first and foremost through his linguistic research and had significant influence on famous linguists such as Wilhelm von Humboldt and Franz Bopp. He was the father of the historian Theodor von Bernhardi and grandfather of the Prussian general Friedrich von Bernhardi.

• Vollständige lateinische Grammatik (Complete Latin Grammar) 1795-1797 • Vollständige griechische Grammatik (Complete Greek Grammar) 1797 • Bambocciaden (Bambocciatas) 1797-1800 • Sprachlehre (Grammar) 1801-1803 • Anfangsgründe der Sprachwissenschaft (Fundamentals of Linguistics) 1805 • Die Versuche und Hindernisse Karls (The Trials and Tribulations of Karl) 1808 • Ansichten über die Organisation der gelehrten Schulen (Observations on the Organisation of Academic Schools) 1818