August Böckh
| August Böckh | |
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| Born | 24 November 1785 Karlsruhe, Margraviate of Baden |
| Died |
3 August 1867 (aged 81) Berlin, German Confederation |
| Nationality | German |
| Awards | Prussian Academy of Sciences |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Halle |
| School or tradition |
Hermeneutics Methodological hermeneutics |
| Influences |
Friedrich Schleiermacher Friedrich August Wolf |
| Academic work | |
| Main interests | Philology |
| Notable works | Kleine Schriften |
| Influenced |
Johann Gustav Droysen Wilhelm Dilthey Wilhelm Wackernagel |
August Böckh or Boeckh (German: [bœk]; 24 November 1785 – 3 August 1867) was a German classical scholar and antiquarian.
He was born at Karlsruhe, and educated at the local gymnasium; in 1803 he left for the University of Halle, where he studied theology. F. A. Wolf was teaching there, and creating an enthusiasm for classical studies; Böckh transferred from theology to philology, and became the best of Wolf's scholars.
In 1807, he established himself as Privatdozent in the University of Heidelberg and was shortly afterwards appointed professor extraordinarius, becoming professor two years later. The common misapprehension of Böckh's first name being not just August but Philipp August originated in Heidelberg where staff of the university misread the abbreviation 'Dr phil' (doctor philosophiae) as 'Dr Philipp August Böckh'.
In 1811, he removed to the new Humboldt University at Berlin, where he had been appointed professor of eloquence and classical literature. He remained there till his death. He was elected a member of the Academy of Sciences of Berlin in 1814, and for a long time acted as its secretary. Many of the speeches contained in his Kleine Schriften were delivered in this latter capacity. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1853.
Böckh died at Berlin in 1867.
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