Adolf Stern (real name: ''Adolf Ernst''; June 14, 1835 – April 15, 1907) was a

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

literary historian and poet. He was born in

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

. He studied at the universities of

and

Jena Jena (; ) is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Germany and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 in ...

, and in 1868, was appointed

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other tertiary education, post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin ...

of the history of literature in ate Königlich-Sächsischen Polytechnikum of inesden. His publications include the compilation ''Fünfzig Jahre deutscher Dichtung'' (1871); two collections of essays, ''Aus dem achtzehnten Jahrhundert'' (1874), ''Geschichte der neuern Litteratur'' (seven volumes, 1882–85); ''Grundriss der allgemeinen Literaturgeschichte'' (fourth edition, 1906); and edithe ting of Hauff,

Herder A herder is a pastoralism, pastoral worker responsible for the care and management of a herd or flock of domestic animals, usually on extensive management, open pasture. It is particularly associated with nomadic pastoralism, nomadic or transhuma ...

, and Körner, Sr. His literary works include: ''Gedichte'' (1860); fourth edition, 190(0); ''D'';''e Wiedertäufer'' (1866), stories; the novels ''Die letzten Humanisten'' (1880); ''Camoëns'' (1887); and ''Die Ausgestossenen'' (1911), a fragment. His selected works appeared in eight volumes (Leipzig, 1908). He died in

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

References

* Adolf Bartels, ''A. Stern der Dichter und Literaturhistoriker'' (Dresden, 1905) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stern, Adolf 1835 births 1907 deaths Academic staff of TU Dresden 19th-century German historians Writers from Leipzig Writers from the Kingdom of Saxony German male poets German male novelists 19th-century German poets 19th-century German novelists 19th-century German male writers