Karl Weinhold, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karl Weinhold

German folklorist and linguist

Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1823

Place of Birth: Dzierżoniów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 15-Aug-1901

Profession: politician, professor, university teacher

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Karl Gotthelf Jakob Weinhold (26 October 1823, in Reichenbach – 15 August 1901, in Bad Nauheim) was a German folklorist and linguist who specialized in German studies. From 1842 he studied at the universities of Breslau and Berlin, obtaining his habilitation at Halle in 1847.
In 1850 he became a professor of German language and literature at the University of Krakow.
Afterwards, he taught as a professor at the universities of Graz (1851–61), Kiel (1861–75), Breslau (1876–89) and Berlin (from 1889).
On three separate occasions he served as university rector; 1870–72 at Kiel, 1879/80 at Breslau and 1893/94 at Berlin.In 1891 he was a founder of the Zeitschrift des Vereins für Volkskunde ("Journal of the Association of Folklore").



Alternative names	dauthage adolf; adolf dauthage
Description	Austrian lithographer and painter
Date of birth/death	20 February 1825	3 June 1883
Location of birth/death	Vienna	Rustendorf, today part of Vienna
Work location	Vienna
Authority control	: Q361212 VIAF: 2735389 ISNI: 0000 0000 5519 9177 ULAN: 500357916 LCCN: n97874380 GND: 133233170 WorldCat