Karl Friedrich Ludwig Goedeke (15 April 1814 – 28 October 1887) was a German historian of literature, an author, and a professor. He was born at

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and was educated at

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(1833-1838), where he attended lectures by

Jacob Grimm Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (4 January 1785 – 20 September 1863), also known as Ludwig Karl, was a German author, linguist, philologist, jurist, and folklorist. He formulated Grimm's law of linguistics, and was the co-author of the ''Deutsch ...

, with whom he maintained a lifelong friendship. From 1841 to 1855, he lived and worked in

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,Goedeke , Karl Ludwig Friedrich
@ NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie and from 1873 until his death, was a professor at the University of Göttingen. After writing several novels and the drama "''König Kodrus, eine Missgeburt der Zeit''", under the pseudonym "Karl Stahl", he devoted himself to critical and biographical literature. His publications include: * ''Deutschlands Dichter von 1813 bis 1843'' (1844). * ''Elf Bücher deutscher Dichtung von

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bis auf die Gegenwart'' (1849). * ''Deutsche Dichtung im Mittelalter'' (second edition, 1871). * ''Grundriss zur Geschichte der deutschen Dichtung'' (third edition, under the editorship of

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, 1910 et seq.), his principal work. * He also wrote biographies of

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, and

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Publications

* Schreck, ''Karl Goedeke'' (1894)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goedeke, Karl 1814 births 1887 deaths German biographers German male biographers People from Celle People from the Kingdom of Hanover University of Göttingen alumni Academic staff of the University of Göttingen