b. 24 April 1819. d. 1 June 1899. Nationality: German.
Dialect poet, teacher, and scholar. Published a collection of poems in Low German
(1852). Married Doris Finke on 24 August 1859. Became professor at Kiel University
(1866). Travelled to England (1871-1872). Author of *Hundert Blätter* (1854, in High
German), *Vertelln* (1855-1859), and *Rotgetermeister Lamp un sin Dochder* (1862).
Published treatises on dialect. Biographical information: *DLB*; *Oxford Reference*.
(AC, DD)