Alexander Kaufmann (14 May 1817 – 1 May 1893) was a German

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...

and folklorist from

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ru ...

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 The Archbishop of Cologne is an archbishop governing the Archdiocese of Cologne of the Catholic Church in western North Rhine-Westphalia and is also a historical state in the Rhine holding the birthplace of Beethoven and northern Rhineland-Palat ...

. He was also related to the painters Andreas Müller and Karl Müller. At the

University of Bonn The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine ...

, 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

*''Gedichte'' (1852) *''Mainsagen'' (1853) *''Unter den Reben'' (1871)

Research and folklore

*Research for

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's ''Legends of the

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'' *Collected local legends of the

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*''Mythoterpe, ein Mythen-, Sagen- und Legendenbuch'' with poet

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; *Researched information for ''Cæsarius von Heisterbach'' *Translated ''Wunderbare Geschichten aus den Werken des Cæsarius von Heisterbach'' *''Biographie des belgischen Dominikaners Thomas von Chantimpre'' (posthumous)

References

* 1817 births 1893 deaths German folklorists Writers from Bonn People 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 {{Germany-writer-stub