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Dec 08, 1796 Vienna, Austria Died on 18 Feb 1866 (aged 69)
Romance philologist from Austria
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About Ferdinand Wolf
- Ferdinand Wolf (8 December 1796, Vienna – 18 February 1866, Vienna) was a scholar of Romance studies from Austria.
- He was an author of literary studies as well as a publisher of periodicals, including the Jahrbuch für Romanische und Englische Literatur. Wolf studied philosophy and law at the University of Graz, and then literature at the University of Vienna.
- In 1819, after graduation, he became a scrivener at the kaiserlichen Hofbibliothek, now the Austrian National Library, and was later promoted to research fellow.
- He was succeeded in this office by his son Adolf.
- In 1847, Wolf was involved with the foundation of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, which he served as secretary.
- He is buried in Vienna.
