Friedrich August Wolf
Friedrich August Wolf (1759–1824) was a linguist, writer and university teacher.
Overview
Born at Hainrode in 1759, died at Marseille in 1824.
In detail
Friedrich August Wolf studied at University of Göttingen. training under Christian Gottlob Heyne is recorded. Johann August Ernesti, Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann and Karl Otfried Müller are recorded as having studied under Friedrich August Wolf. the recorded working language is German.
The field of work recorded is philology.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Berlin, Ilfeld and Osterode am Harz. Employment is recorded with Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Positions recorded include Geheimrat. Membership is recorded of Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities and Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.
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