Johann Gottfried Kinkel (August 11, 1815 - November 13, 1882) was a German poet. Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose"
He was born at Obercassel near Bonn. Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia Having studied theology at Bonn and Berlin, he established himself at Bonn in 1836 as Privatdozent of theology, became master at the gymnasium there, and was for a short time assistant preacher in Cologne. Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap A gymnasium (pronounced with ɡ- in several languages is a type of school providing Secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar
Changing his religious opinions, he abandoned theology and delivered lectures on the history of art, in which he had become interested on a journey to Italy in 1837. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common In 1846 he was appointed extraordinary professor of the history of art at the University of Bonn. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display The University of Bonn ( German: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany For his part in the revolution in the Palatinate in 1849, Kinkel was arrested and sentenced to penal servitude for life. The Palatinate (Pfalz Pfälzer dialect Palz) historically also Rhenish Palatinate (palatinatum Renensis Rheinpfalz is a region in south-western Germany Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He was interned in the fortress of Spandau. The Spandau Citadel (Zitadelle Spandau of Berlin, Germany, is one of the best-preserved Renaissance Fortresses of Europe His friend Carl Schurz helped him escape to England in November 1850, and Kinkel went to the United States. Carl Schurz (March 2 1829 &ndash May 14 1906 was a German revolutionary American statesman and reformer and Union Army General in the For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Returning to London in 1853, he taught German and lectured on German literature, and in 1858 founded the German paper, Hermann. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. In 1866 he accepted a professorship of archaeology and the history of art at the Polytechnikum in Zürich, where he died sixteen years later. Zürich (, Zürich German: Züri, Zurich, Zurigo; in English generally Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland and capital of the
Kinkel's popularity was hardly out of proportion to his talent; his poetry is of the sweetly sentimental type which was in vogue in Germany in the mid-19th century. Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar His Gedichte first appeared in 1843, and went through several editions.
His best works were the verse romances, Otto der Schütz, eine rheinische Geschichte in zwölf Abenteuern (1846) which in 1896 had attained its 75th edition, and Der Grobschmied von Antwerpen (1868). Among his other works were the tragedy Nimrod (1857), and his history of art, Geschichte der bildenden Künste bei den christichen Völkern (1845). Kinkel's first wife, Johanna, née Mockel (1810-1858), assisted her husband in his literary work, and was herself an author. Johanna Kinkel ( 8 July 1810 &ndash 15 November 1858) was a German Composer, Writer, and Revolutionary Her autobiographical novel Hans Ibeles in London was not published until 1860, after her death. She also wrote on musical subjects.
See A. Strodtmann, Gottfried Kinkel (2 vols. , Hamburg, 1851); and Otto Henne am Rhyn, G. Otto Henne am Rhyn (born August 26, 1828 in St Gallen; died April 30, 1914 in Weiz) was an Austrian writer Kinkel, ein Lebensbild (Zürich, 1883).
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