Friedrich Karl Köpke
Friedrich Karl Köpke (19 March 1785 in Medow, a town near Anklam – 15 March 1865 in Berlin) was a German educator who specialized in Germanic studies.
He studied philology at the University of Halle, receiving his doctorate at Erfurt in 1808. From 1810 onward, he worked as a senior instructor at the Collegium Fridericianum in Königsberg. From 1817 to 1857 he was a professor at the Joachimsthal Gymnasium in Berlin under the directorships of Bernhard Moritz Snethlage and August Meineke.[1]
Published works[]
He was the editor of a collection of 13th century legends titled "Das Passional : eine Legenden-Sammlung des dreizehnten Jahrhunderts" (1852). Other noted works by Köpke include:
- "Barlaam und Josaphat, von Rudolf von Montfort", (1818) – An edition of Rudolf von Ems' "Barlaam and Josaphat".[2]
- "Geschichte der Bibliothek des königl. joachimsthalschen Gymnasiums : nebst einigen Beilagen", (1831) – History of the library at the Joachimsthal Gymnasium.[3]
References[]
- ^ ADB: Kopke, Karl Friedrich @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.
- ^ HathiTrust Digital Library Barlaam und Josaphat
- ^ OCLC WorldCat Search publications
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- 1785 births
- 1865 deaths
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- University of Erfurt alumni
- People from Vorpommern-Greifswald
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- German historians
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