Friedrich August Ukert
Friedrich August Ukert (28 October 1780 – 18 May 1851) was a German history scholar, teacher and humanitarian. He was born in Eutin, Bishopric of Lübeck. • Illustration — Friedrich August Ukert From 1800 he studied philology at the University of Halle as a student of Friedrich August Wolf, then continued his education at the University of Jena, where his instructors included Johann Heinrich Voss, Johann Jakob Griesbach and Christian Gottfried Schütz. After finishing his studies, he worked as a tutor, first in Danzig, then in Weimar, where he provided education for the two sons of the late Friedrich Schiller.
Friedrich August Ukert
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- Born
- 1780. · Eutin.
- Died
- 1851. · Gotha.
- Nationality
- Grand Duchy of Oldenburg.
- Occupation
- historian, secondary school teacher, geographer, librarian, writer, philologist and translator.
- Education
- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and University of Jena.
- Languages
- German.
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Born at Eutin in 1780, died in Gotha in 1851.
Friedrich August Ukert studied at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and University of Jena. The recorded working language is German. Positions recorded include library director.
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1780
Friedrich August Ukert born at Eutin.
1851
Friedrich August Ukert died at Gotha.
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- F. A. Ukert, Über die Art der Griechen die Entfernungen zu bestimmen (How the Greeks determined Distances), 1813.
- F. A. Ukert, Bemerkungen über Homer's Geographie (On Homer's Geography), 1815.
- F. Beaufort and F. A. Ukert, Reise durch Klein-Asien, Armenien und Kurdistan (Journey to Asia Minor, Armenia and Kurdistan), Weimar, 1821.
- F. A. Ukert, Geographie der Griechen und Römer von den frühesten Zeiten bis auf Ptolemäus, (Geography of the Greeks and Romans from the earliest times up to the time of Ptolemy), Weimar, 1816–1846, 3 volumes).
- F. A. Ukert and Friedrich Jacobs, Beiträge zur ältern Literatur oder Merkwürdigkeiten der herzöglichen Bibliothek zu Gotha (Contributions to the older literature at the ducal library of Gotha), Leipzig, 1835–38.
- F. A. Ukert, Über Dämonen, Heroen und Genien (Demons, Heroes, and Genii), Leipzig, 1850.
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