Rudolf Hildebrand, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rudolf Hildebrand

German academic

Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1824

Place of Birth: Leipzig, Leipzig District, Germany

Date of Death: 28-Oct-1894

Profession: writer, author, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Heinrich Rudolf Hildebrand (13 March 1824 – 28 October 1894) was a Germanist, contributor to, and then, editor of the Grimm brothers' Deutsches Wörterbuch.
He also wrote on the history of German folksongs, and on the teaching of the German language in schools. Rudolf Hildebrand was born in Leipzig to typesetter Heinrich Hildebrand and Amalia, born Porges.
He attended the Thomasschule in Leipzig from 1836 to 1843.
He went on to study at Leipzig University, where he first studied theology as his father wished him to, but soon switched to classical and German philology.
Among his teachers were Moritz Haupt.
He wrote his main thesis about Walther von der Vogelweide, which was later published in 1900.In 1848, he worked for a time as reviewer and translator of the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung and was considering a career as a publisher.
However, the same year, he started working as a teacher at the Thomasschule from 1848 and remained there to 1868.He became professor of newer German language and literature at the University of Leipzig in 1869 ("außerordentlicher Professor" from 1869, "ordentlicher Professor" from 1874).



Description	German sculptor, conductor and composer
Date of birth/death	19 June 1861	2 October 1932
Location of birth/death	Leipzig	Leipzig
Work location	Leipzig
Authority control	: Q100862 VIAF: 226084264 ISNI: 0000 0003 6385 7362 GND: 117446157 BNF: 14792873p RKD: 328334