Gottfried Bernhardy
Gottfried Bernhardy · Arts & Literature
Literary & drama critic
1800, Landsberg an der Warthe (now Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland) — 1875, Halle, Germany
Germany
Gottfried Bernhardy is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Literary & drama critic
Bernhardy was a German classical philologist and literary historian, professor at Halle, known for syntheses of Greek and Roman literary history and for his 'Grundriss der griechischen Litteratur'. Born to a Jewish family, he converted to Christianity, as was common for Jewish academics of his era seeking university careers. His surveys long served as standard references in classical scholarship.
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Literary & drama critic
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