Agathon Benary, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German philologist, educationist and linguist
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Place of Birth: Kassel, Hesse, Germany
About Agathon Benary
- Karl Albert Agathon Benary (17 January 1807, Kassel – 4 December 1860, Berlin) was a German classical philologist.
- He was the brother of orientalist Franz Ferdinand Benary (1805–1880). He received his education at the gymnasiums in Göttingen and Erfurt, where he was a student of Franz Ernst Heinrich Spitzner.
- From 1824 to 1827 he studied classical philology at the universities of Göttingen and Halle, obtaining his doctorate with the dissertation "De Aeschyli Prometheo soluto".
- At Halle he was especially influenced by the teachings of Christian Karl Reisig.
- After graduation, he worked as a high school teacher in Berlin, and in the meantime, continued his philological studies as a pupil of Franz Bopp.
- From 1833 up until his death in 1860, he was associated with the Cölnischen Realgymnasium in Berlin.
- During this time period, he also gave lectures at the University of Berlin.
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