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Karl Follen

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Also known as: Charles Follen, Karl Theodor Christian Follen
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In full:
Karl Theodor Christian Follen
Also called:
Charles Follen
Born:
Sept. 4, 1796, Romrod, Brandenburg, Prussia [Germany]
Died:
Jan. 13/14, 1840, aboard a ship on Long Island Sound, New York, U.S.
Subjects Of Study:
education
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Karl Follen (born Sept. 4, 1796, Romrod, Brandenburg, Prussia [Germany]—died Jan. 13/14, 1840, aboard a ship on Long Island Sound, New York, U.S.) was an educator who was Harvard University’s first professor of German language and literature. He also was instrumental in establishing the first U.S. college gymnasium. Graduated from the University of Giessen as a doctor of civil and canonical law (1818), Follen taught there and in the universities of Jena in Germany and of Basel in Switzerland between 1818 and 1824. His activity in revolutionary movements for German national unity and civic freedom precluded any extended academic career. ...(100 of 166 words)

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