August Fick

Deceased Person

1833 – 1916

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Who was August Fick?

August Fick was a German philologist.

He spent his life chiefly at Göttingen, where he first studied philology under Theodor Benfey; became a teacher in the Gymnasium, and eventually in 1876 professor of Comparative Philology in the university; in 1887 accepted a professorship in Breslau, but retired four years later; author of a variety of learned works on philology.

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Born
May 5, 1833
Petershagen
Died
Mar 24, 1916
Wrocław

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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