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The common misconception of Böckh's forenames being 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 moved to the new University of Berlin, where he had been appointed professor of eloquence and classical literature.
El malentendido común de que el primer nombre de Böckh no es solo August sino Philipp August se originó en Heidelberg, donde el personal de la universidad interpretó mal la abreviatura 'Dr. phil' (doctor philosophiae) como 'Dr. Philipp August Böckh'.
Umzug nach Berlin. Böckh wird ordentlicher Professor für alte Literatur und Beredsamkeit in Berlin. Daneben Direktor des philologischen Seminars. Kontakt zu Clemens Brentano, Achim von Arnim, Görres, Tieck. Intensiver Kontakt mit Familie Mendelssohn. Seit 1811 Mitglied der Gesetzlosen Gesellschaft. 1814 14.
1 de jul. de 2022 · 24th November 1785 (Karlsruhe) – 3rd August 1867 (Berlin) Pioneer of modern classical studies – Instrumental in the design of the university. August Philipp Boeckh, Photo: UB of HU zu Berlin. The classical scholar August Boeckh belongs to the founding generation of the University of Berlin.
PHILIPP AUGUST BOCKH (1785-1867), German classical scholar and antiquarian, was born in Karlsruhe on the 24th of November 1785. He was sent to the gymnasium of his native place, and remained there until he left for the university of Halle (1803), where he devoted himself to the study of theology.
23 de oct. de 2015 · August Boeckh, in his Encyclopedia and Methodology of the Philological Sciences provides an account of the methodology of philology (or what otherwise might be called methodological hermeneutics) that is the culmination of the development of the science of philology in the nineteenth century.
contribution to modern classical scholarship. In Berlin August Boeckh (1785–1867) did important work on Greek poetry, particularly Pindar, but also established on a firm footing the study of Greek private and public economy and the systematic collection of Greek inscriptions.
