Carl August Hagberg
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Carl August Hagberg (born July 7, 1810 in Lund ; † January 9, 1864 there ) was a Swedish linguist .
Life
Hagberg studied at Uppsala University , where he was appointed lecturer in Greek in 1833. 1835–36 he made a trip to Germany and France, moved in Paris in the neo-romantic circles and after his return home published a book, Om den nya franska vitterheten (Stockholm 1837).
Since 1840 professor of modern languages and aesthetics at Lund University , he began and completed his masterful translation of Shakespeare ( Shakespeare's dramatiska arbeten , Lund 1847–51, 12 volumes) and in 1851 became one of the eighteen of the Swedish Academy of Sciences . In 1848/49 he was the rector of the university.
Hagberg also enjoyed a great reputation as a speaker. In 1858 he received the newly established professorship for Nordic languages at Lund University.
literature
- Carl August Hagberg . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-K . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 439 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hagberg, Carl August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish philologist and linguist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lund |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 1864 |
| Place of death | Lund |