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Herman Friedrich Grimm

Birth
Kassel, Stadtkreis Kassel, Hessen, Germany
Death
16 Jun 1901 (aged 73)
Berlin, Germany
Burial
Schöneberg, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany GPS-Latitude: 52.4890105, Longitude: 13.3668888
Plot
F-S-001_004
Memorial ID
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German Author and Art Historian.
He was the son of Wilhelm and Dorothea Grimm. Born 1828 in Kassel, he moved to Berlin 1841. In 1859 he married Gisela von Arnim (1827-1889), who came from a very philosophic family herself. In 1868 he became a Doctor in Leipzig and then in 1870 a Professor of Philosophy and Law in Berlin. He became a teaching professor for New Art History at the University of Berlin in 1873. In 1885 he became co-founder of the Goethe-Gesellschaft, and himself a publisher of some of Goethe's works. He lived his later live as a Buddhist and died in 1901 in Berlin.
German Author and Art Historian.
He was the son of Wilhelm and Dorothea Grimm. Born 1828 in Kassel, he moved to Berlin 1841. In 1859 he married Gisela von Arnim (1827-1889), who came from a very philosophic family herself. In 1868 he became a Doctor in Leipzig and then in 1870 a Professor of Philosophy and Law in Berlin. He became a teaching professor for New Art History at the University of Berlin in 1873. In 1885 he became co-founder of the Goethe-Gesellschaft, and himself a publisher of some of Goethe's works. He lived his later live as a Buddhist and died in 1901 in Berlin.


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