Ferdinand Wolf, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ferdinand Wolf

Romance philologist from Austria

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1796

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 18-Feb-1866

Profession: librarian, romanist, literary historian, linguist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Ferdinand Wolf (8 December 1796, Vienna – 18 February 1866, Vienna) was a scholar of Romance studies from Austria.
He was an author of literary studies as well as a publisher of periodicals, including the Jahrbuch für Romanische und Englische Literatur. Wolf studied philosophy and law at the University of Graz, and then literature at the University of Vienna.
In 1819, after graduation, he became a scrivener at the kaiserlichen Hofbibliothek, now the Austrian National Library, and was later promoted to research fellow.
He was succeeded in this office by his son Adolf.
In 1847, Wolf was involved with the foundation of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, which he served as secretary.
He is buried in Vienna.



Alternative names	dauthage adolf; adolf dauthage
Description	Austrian lithographer and painter
Date of birth/death	20 February 1825	3 June 1883
Location of birth/death	Vienna	Rustendorf, today part of Vienna
Work location	Vienna
Authority control	: Q361212 VIAF: 2735389 ISNI: 0000 0000 5519 9177 ULAN: 500357916 LCCN: n97874380 GND: 133233170 WorldCat