August Heinrich Hoffmann

August Heinrich Hoffmann (1798-1874) was a German poet and philologist, born at Fallersleben. He studied literature and philology under the influence of the Grimms, and in 1835 was appointed professor of the German Language at Breslau, a post he forfeited seven years later by publishing "Lays" of somewhat radical tendencies. He led an unsettled life till 1860, when he became librarian to the Duke of Ratibor. His writings include "German Social Songs of the 16th and 17th Centuries," "German Philology," an "Autobiography" in six volumes, lyrics, &c.

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