Ernst Behler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernst Behler

German philosopher

Date of Birth: 09-Apr-1928

Place of Birth: Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 16-Sep-1997

Profession: university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Ernst Behler (4 September 1928 in Essen – 16 September 1997 in Seattle) was a German philosopher.
In 1976 he became the founding Chairman of the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Washington in Seattle.
His research included Friedrich von Schlegel, Friedrich Nietzsche and the early Romanticism.
Also notable are his books on irony: Irony and the discourse of modernity (1990), Klassische Ironie, romantische Ironie, tragische Ironie (1972), Ironie und literarische Moderne (1997).