Friedrich Karl Köpke

Friedrich Karl Köpke (19 March 1785 in Medow, a town near Anklam – 15 March 1865 in Berlin) was a German educator who specialized in Germanic studies.

He studied philology at the University of Halle, receiving his doctorate at Erfurt in 1808. From 1810 onward, he worked as a senior instructor at the Collegium Fridericianum in Königsberg. From 1817 to 1857 he was a professor at the Joachimsthal Gymnasium in Berlin under the directorships of Bernhard Moritz Snethlage and August Meineke.[1]

Published works

He was the editor of a collection of 13th century legends titled "Das Passional : eine Legenden-Sammlung des dreizehnten Jahrhunderts" (1852). Other noted works by Köpke include:

  • "Barlaam und Josaphat, von Rudolf von Montfort", (1818) – An edition of Rudolf von Ems' "Barlaam and Josaphat".[2]
  • "Geschichte der Bibliothek des königl. joachimsthalschen Gymnasiums : nebst einigen Beilagen", (1831) – History of the library at the Joachimsthal Gymnasium.[3]
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References
  1. ADB: Kopke, Karl Friedrich @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.
  2. HathiTrust Digital Library Barlaam und Josaphat
  3. OCLC WorldCat Search publications


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