Family Child
August Buttmann
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q91528 · wikidata
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Philipp Karl Buttmann
1764-12-05 – 1829-06-21
Life & Legacy
Philipp Karl Buttmann (5 December 1764 – 21 June 1829) was a German philologist of French Huguenot ancestry (original family name "Boudemont"), born in Frankfurt am Main.
He was educated in his native town and at the University of Göttingen, where he was a student of Christian Gottlob Heyne. In 1789 he obtained an appointment in the Royal Library of Berlin, and for a period of time, edited Spener's Journal. In 1800 he became a professor at the Joachimsthal Gymnasium in Berlin, a post he held for eight years. In 1806 he was admitted to the Academy of Sciences as a member of its historical-philological section. In 1811 he became first librarian at the Royal Library.
Occupation & Career
linguist, librarian, classical philologist, pedagogue, docent, secondary school teacher, opinion journalist
Education
University of Göttingen; University of Strasbourg
Legacy Highlights
Organizations & Memberships
Academy of Sciences of Turin · Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities · Gesetzlose Gesellschaft zu Berlin · Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
Education & Institutions
University of Göttingen · University of Strasbourg
Verified Legacy Record
Family Child
Alexander Buttmann
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q91528 · wikidata
Family Child
Philipp Buttmann
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q91528 · wikidata
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