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German schoolteacher and hymnologist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carl Eduard Philipp Wackernagel (28 June 1800, in Berlin – 20 June 1877, in Dresden) was a German schoolteacher and hymnologist. He was an older brother of philologist Wilhelm Wackernagel.
He was educated in mineralogy and crystallography at Breslau and Berlin, during which time, he also studied hymnology. While a student his influences included geologist Karl Georg von Raumer.[1] He worked as a teacher at a trade school in Berlin (from 1829) and at a private school in Stetten (Württemberg) from 1839, then in 1845 was named a professor at a Realgymnasium in Wiesbaden, followed by a directorship at a Realschule in Elberfeld (from 1849). In 1861 he received a doctorate in theology from the University of Breslau, and during the same year, moved to Dresden, where he focused on literary and hymnological studies.[2][3]
He was one of the founders of the Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag. In addition to his publications in the field of hymnology, he was the author of works on crystallography and pedagogy.[2][3]
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