Wilhelm Wackernagel

Wilhelm Wackernagel (1806–1869) was a philologist, university teacher and poet.

Overview

Recorded at birth as Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Wackernagel.

Born at Berlin in 1806, died at Basel in 1869.

In detail

Wilhelm Wackernagel studied at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. the recorded working language is German.

The field of work recorded is Germanic philology.

Employment is recorded with University of Basel. Positions recorded include rector of the University of Basel. Membership is recorded of Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, freemasonry and Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony.

Distinctions recorded are Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art.

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