Friedrich August Grotefend [SEP] place of death
Friedrich August Grotefend
Friedrich August Grotefend (12 December 1798 in Ilefeld to 28 February 1836 in Göttingen) was a German philologist. Grotefend was a relative of Georg Friedrich Grotefend, who deciphered the cuneiform writing.
Biography.
Grotefend studied theology and philology at the University of Göttingen, and afterwards was a teacher at the Pädagogium in Ilefeld (from 1821). In 1831 he was appointed director of the gymnasium in Göttingen. In 1835 he received an associate professorship at the University of Göttingen, however he died soon afterwards
Grotefend's insights, this task was performed by Eugène Burnouf, Christian Lassen and Sir Henry Rawlinson. This work of Grotefend was spurred on by a simple bet which Grotefend made with a friend.
See also.
- Friedrich August Grotefend, German philologist and relative of Georg Friedrich
- Champollion