Wachsmuth, Wilhelm, 1784-1866

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Name (Latin)
Wachsmuth, Wilhelm, 1784-1866
Other forms of name
Wachsmuth, Ernst Wilhelm Gottlieb, 1784-1866
Wachsmuth, W. (Wilhelm), 1784-1866
Date of birth
1784-12-28
Date of death
1866-01-23
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 61705877
Wikidata: Q215706
Library of congress: n 88671473
Sources of Information
  • BL database, 31 May 2011(hdg.: Wachsmuth, Ernst Wilhelm Gottlieb)
  • Geschichte des Illyrismus, 1849:t.p. (Dr. W. Wachsmuth, ordentl. Prof. der Geschichte an der U. zu Leipzig)
  • nuc88-121556: His Weimars Musenhof in den Jahren ... c1982(hdg. on ViU rept.: Wachsmuth, Wilhelm, 1784-1866; usage: Wilhelm Wachsmuth)
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Wikipedia description:

Wilhelm Gottfried Wachsmuth (28 December 1784, Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany – 23 January 1866, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany) was a German historian and academic. From 1803 to 1806 he studied philology and theology at the University of Halle, and following graduation he worked as a teacher at the monastery school in Magdeburg. In 1815 he became an associate professor of philology at Halle. He was Professor ordinarius of classical philology at the University of Kiel from 1820 to 1826, and Professor ordinarius of history of philosophy at the University of Leipzig from 1826 to 1865. On seven occasions he was dean to the faculty of philosophy at Leipzig and in 1835/36 he served as university rector.

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