German Poet, Philologist, and Literary Historian. One of his best-known poems is "Ich hatt' einen Kameraden" ("The Good Comrade"), which is an integral part of German military funerals. He studied law at the Eberhardt Karls University of Tubingen, graduating with a doctor of laws degree in 1810. He began his career as a poet in 1807 and 1808 by contributing ballads and lyrics to Seckendorff's Musenalmanach; and in 1812 and 1813 he wrote poems for Jusyinus Kerner's "Poetischer Almanach" and "Deutscher Dichterwald." In 1815 he collected his poems in a volume entitled "Vaterländische Gedichte." From 1816 until 1829 he served in the newly created Wurttemberg Parliament. In 1829 he was made honorary professor of German literature at the University of Tubingen, but he resigned in 1833, when the post was found to be incompatible with his political views. In 1848 he became a member of the Frankfurt Parliament that convened in the course of the 1848 German Revolution. As a Germanic and Romance philologist, he contributor the treatise "Ueber das altfranzösische Epos" (1812), the essays "Walther von der Vogelweide, ein altdeutscher Dichter" (1822) "Zur Geschichte der Freischiessen "(1828), and "Der Mythus von Thôr" (1836). and the masterly collection "Alte hoch- und niederdeutsche Volkslieder" (1844 to 1845). He died at the age of 75.
German Poet, Philologist, and Literary Historian. One of his best-known poems is "Ich hatt' einen Kameraden" ("The Good Comrade"), which is an integral part of German military funerals. He studied law at the Eberhardt Karls University of Tubingen, graduating with a doctor of laws degree in 1810. He began his career as a poet in 1807 and 1808 by contributing ballads and lyrics to Seckendorff's Musenalmanach; and in 1812 and 1813 he wrote poems for Jusyinus Kerner's "Poetischer Almanach" and "Deutscher Dichterwald." In 1815 he collected his poems in a volume entitled "Vaterländische Gedichte." From 1816 until 1829 he served in the newly created Wurttemberg Parliament. In 1829 he was made honorary professor of German literature at the University of Tubingen, but he resigned in 1833, when the post was found to be incompatible with his political views. In 1848 he became a member of the Frankfurt Parliament that convened in the course of the 1848 German Revolution. As a Germanic and Romance philologist, he contributor the treatise "Ueber das altfranzösische Epos" (1812), the essays "Walther von der Vogelweide, ein altdeutscher Dichter" (1822) "Zur Geschichte der Freischiessen "(1828), and "Der Mythus von Thôr" (1836). and the masterly collection "Alte hoch- und niederdeutsche Volkslieder" (1844 to 1845). He died at the age of 75.
Bio by: William Bjornstad
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Poet, politician
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