Friedrich August Wilhelm Spohn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Friedrich August Wilhelm Spohn

German classical philologist

Date of Birth: 16-May-1792

Place of Birth: Dortmund, Free State of Prussia, Germany

Date of Death: 17-Jan-1824

Profession: university teacher, classical scholar, philosopher, classical philologist

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Friedrich August Wilhelm Spohn (16 May 1792, Dortmund – 17 January 1824, Leipzig) was a German classical philologist.
He was the son of theologian Gottlieb Lebrecht Spohn (1756–1794). In 1818 he became an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Leipzig, where during the following year he was appointed professor of Greek and Roman literature.
He died in Leipzig on 17 January 1824, aged 31.In addition to his work as a classical philologist, he was involved in early attempts at decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs.
His grave marker at the Alten Johannisfriedhof in Leipzig is a column adorned with hieroglyphs.