Heinrich Rückert

Heinrich Rückert (14 February 1823, in Coburg 11 September 1875, in Breslau) was a German historian and Germanist. He was the son of orientalist and poet Friedrich Rückert (1788–1866).

From 1840 to 1844 he studied classical and German philology at the universities of Erlangen, Bonn and Berlin. In 1845 he obtained his habilitation for German history and archaeology at the University of Jena, and later on, relocated to Breslau, where in 1852 he became an associate professor (full professor 1867).[1] In 1852 he was a founding member of the Verein für Thüringische Geschichte und Alterthumskunde (Society of Thuringian History and Antiquities).[2]

Published works

He was also editor of medieval texts, such as: Lohengrin (1858), König Rother (1872) and Heliand (1876).[3]

References

  1. Rückert, Karl Albrecht Heinrich at Neue Deutsche Biographie
  2. Zeitschrift des Vereins für Thüringische Geschichte und Altertumskunde, vol. 13 (=new series vol. 5), Gustav Fischer, Jena 1887, p. 126.
  3. HathiTrust Digital Library published works
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