August Wilhelm Schlegel

August Schlegel
August Schlegel
Born	8 September 1767; Hanover, Electorate of Hanover
Died	12 May 1845 (aged 77); Bonn, Rhine Province
Alma mater	University of Göttingen
Era	19th-century philosophy
Region	Western Philosophy
School	Jena Romanticism; Historicism
Institutions	University of Bonn
Main interests	Philology, philosophy of history

August Wilhelm (after 1812: von) Schlegel (German: [ˈʃleːgl̩]; 8 September 1767 – 12 May 1845), usually cited as August Schlegel, was a German Indologist, poet, translator and critic, and with his brother Friedrich Schlegel the leading influence within Jena Romanticism. His translations of Shakespeare turned the English dramatist's works into German classics.^[2] Schlegel was also the professor of Sanskrit in Continental Europe and produced a translation of the Bhagavad Gita.

^ Brian Leiter, Michael Rosen (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Continental Philosophy, Oxford University Press, 2007, p. 175.
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[Oxford-1] Brian Leiter, Michael Rosen (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Continental Philosophy, Oxford University Press, 2007, p. 175.

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August Schlegel

Born	8 September 1767 Hanover, Electorate of Hanover
Died	12 May 1845 (aged 77) Bonn, Rhine Province
Alma mater	University of Göttingen

Era	19th-century philosophy
Region	Western Philosophy
School	Jena Romanticism Historicism^[1]
Institutions	University of Bonn
Main interests	Philology, philosophy of history