Karl Bernhardi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Karl Bernhardi

German librarian and writer

Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1799

Place of Birth: Ottrau, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 01-Aug-1874

Profession: writer, politician, librarian, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Karl Bernhardi

  • Karl Christian Sigismund Bernhardi (5 October 1799, Ottrau – 1 August 1874, Kassel) was a German librarian and politician. He studied theology at the University of Marburg, and afterwards worked as a private tutor in Brussels.
  • He furthered his education at the State University of Leuven, where he subsequently received the post of university librarian.
  • In 1829 he relocated to Kassel as successor to Jakob Grimm at the Kassel State Library.In Kassel he was deeply involved with political, social and cultural concerns.
  • In 1834 he co-founded the Anstalt zur Erziehung armer und verwahrloster Knaben, an institution that dealt with the education of underprivileged youth.
  • He was an editor of the liberal newspaper Der Verfassungsfreund, and in 1834 was co-founder of the Vereins für hessische Geschichte und Landeskunde (Association for Hessian history and regional studies).
  • From 1835 to 1840 he served as director of the Kassel citizens' committee and in 1848 was elected to the Frankfurt Parliament.
  • The eponymous Karl-Bernhardi-Strasse, located behind the Fridericianum in Kassel, is named in his honor.In 1844 he published a "language map" of Germany, Sprachkarte von Deutschland (2nd edition, 1849 with Wilhelm Stricker) — a work that helped spark interest in the linguistic study of German dialects.
  • His other noteworthy publications include: Wegweiser durch die deutschen Volks- und Jugendschriften (with August Lüben), 1852 – Guide to German popular and young peoples' writings. Die Sprachgrenze zwischen Deutschland und Frankreich, 1871 – The language border between Germany and France.Bernhardi was the author of numerous articles in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.

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