Friedrich August Wolf
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Friedrich August Wolf was a pioneering German classical philologist best known for his critical work on Homer and for helping to establish philology as a modern academic discipline.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Friedrich August Wolf canonical | 8 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German philologist
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classical philologist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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surface form:
Duchy of Brunswick
|
| dateOfBirth | 1759-02-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1824-08-08 ⓘ |
| describedAs |
founder of scientific Homeric criticism
ⓘ
pioneer of modern classical philology ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Göttingen ⓘ |
| employer | University of Halle ⓘ |
| era |
18th century
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19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Wolf ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Greek literature
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Homeric studies ⓘ Latin literature ⓘ classical philology ⓘ |
| givenName |
August
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Friedrich ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
classics
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philology ⓘ |
| influenced | development of classical philology as an academic discipline ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Christian Gottlob Heyne ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
German
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Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf | Prussian Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| movement | historical-critical method in philology ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critical work on Homer
ⓘ
foundational contributions to modern philology ⓘ |
| notableStudent | August Boeckh ⓘ |
| notableWork | Prolegomena ad Homerum ⓘ |
| occupation |
philologist
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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surface form:
Duchy of Brunswick
Haynrode ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Marseille ⓘ
surface form:
Marseilles
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| positionHeld | professor of classical philology ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Berlin
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Halle (Saale) ⓘ
surface form:
Halle
|
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