August Fick, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

August Fick

German philologist

Date of Birth: 05-May-1833

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

Date of Death: 24-Mar-1916

Profession: university teacher, linguist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Friedrich Conrad August Fick (May 5, 1833, in Petershagen, Germany – March 24, 1916, in Hildesheim or Breslau) was a German philologist. He spent his life chiefly at Göttingen, where he first studied philology under Theodor Benfey; became a teacher in the Gymnasium, and eventually in 1876 professor of comparative philology at the university; in 1887 accepted a professorship in Breslau, but retired four years later; author of a variety of learned works on philology.