Karl Friedrich Heinrich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Karl Friedrich Heinrich

German classical philologist

Date of Birth: 08-Feb-1774

Place of Birth: Molschleben, Thuringia, Germany

Date of Death: 20-Feb-1838

Profession: university teacher, classical scholar, classical philologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Karl Friedrich Heinrich

  • Karl Friedrich Heinrich (8 February 1774, in Molschleben – 20 February 1838, in Bonn) was a German classical philologist. He studied under Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Jacobs and Johann Kaspar Friedrich Manso at the gymnasium in Gotha.
  • From 1791 he studied theology at the University of Göttingen, where under the influence of Christian Gottlob Heyne, he changed his focus to philology.
  • In 1804 he became a professor of Greek literature at the University of Kiel, then in 1818 relocated to the University of Bonn as a professor of classical philology.
  • At Bonn, he served as director of the philological seminar.

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