Alexander Kaufmann
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Alexander Kaufmann (14 May 1817 – 1 May 1893) was a German poet and folklorist from Bonn.
Biography
Kaufmann came from a prominent local family, whose members had served in both the city government and service of the former Elector of Cologne. He was also related to the painter Andreas Müller.
At the University of Bonn, he studied law, languages, and history. In 1844, Kaufmann was appointed to teach Prince Karl von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, who made him keeper of the Wertheim archives in 1850. Kaufmann would retain this post until his death.
Works
Poetry collections
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Research and folklore
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- Collected local legends of the Main
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References
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- 1817 births
- 1893 deaths
- German folklorists
- German Roman Catholics
- Writers from Bonn
- Writers from the Rhine Province
- University of Bonn alumni
- German male poets
- 19th-century German poets
- 19th-century German male writers
- German male non-fiction writers
- Scholars from the Kingdom of Prussia