Johann Georg von Hahn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Austrian diplomat and linguist
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Place of Birth: Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
About Johann Georg von Hahn
- Johann Georg von Hahn (11 July 1811 – 23 September 1869) was an Austrian diplomat, philologist and specialist in Albanian history, language and culture. Hahn was born in Frankfurt am Main.
- In 1847, he was named Austrian consul in Ioannina, today in Greece.
- He was transferred to the Hellenic Kingdom on the island of Syros in 1851, and from 1869 was the consul-general in Athens.
- He is considered the founder of Albanian studies.
- He assembled and published source materials on Albanian language and culture. His published works: Albanesische Studien.
- 3 vols.
- Jena: F.
- Mauko, 1854; Vienna: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1853 (reprint Dion.Karavias, Athen 1981) Reise von Belgrad nach Salonik.
- Vienna: K.
- K.
- Consul für östliche Griechenland, 1861. Griechische und albanesische Märchen.
- 2 vols.
- Leipzig: 1864; Munich/Berlin 1918 – as ebook and several Google Books scans at archive.org Reise durch die Gebiete von Drin und Wardar.
- Vienna: 1867. Contes populaires grecs Free Google eBook (1879).
- A.-F.
- Høst, ed.Books about him: Gerhard Grimm, "Johann Georg von Hahn (1811-1869) - Leben und Werk", Wiesbaden 1964
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