August Buchner

August Buchner
Buchner , engraving by Johann Jacob Haid
Born	(1591-11-02)2 November 1591 Dresden
Died	12 February 1661(1661-02-12) (aged 69) Apollensdorf
Education	Landesschule Pforta University of Wittenberg
Occupations	Philologist Poet Professor of poetry Professor of rhetoric University director

August Buchner (2 November 1591 – 12 February 1661) was a German philologist, poet and literary scholar, an influential professor of poetry and rhetoric at the University of Wittenberg.