Ernst August Hagen

Ernst August Hagen
Ernst August Hagen
from an engraving by his sister, Florentine Neumann (1800-1838)
Born12 April 1797
Died15 February 1880
Alma mater"Albertina University", Königsberg
Occupation(s)University Professor (Art history & Aesthetics)
Novelist/Poet
SpouseEmilie Cäcilie Oestreich (1805-1876)
ChildrenGertrud Hagen (1826-1826)
Auguste Anna Margarethe Hagen (1827-1914)
Carl Gottfried Johann "Hans" Hagen (1829–1910)
Ernst Heinrich Hagen (1831–1905)
Clara Elisabeth Hagen (1833-1856)
Elise Friederike Hagen (1835-1920)
Parent(s)Karl Gottfried Hagen (1749-1829)
Johanna Maria Rabe (1764-1829)

Ernst August Hagen (12 April 1797 - 15 February 1880) was a Prussian writer on art and novelist. He taught at Königsberg University and was the first Prussian scholar to hold a teaching chair in Art history and Aesthetics.[1][2]

  1. ^ Josef Bernhard Nordhoff (1910). "Hagen, Ernst August H., geboren am ..." Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. pp. 770–771. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  2. ^ Fritz Gause (1966). "Hagen, Ernst August: Schriftsteller, Kunsthistoriker, * 12.4.1797 Königsberg (Preußen), † 16.2.1880 Königsberg (Preußen)". Neue Deutsche Biographie. Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (HiKo), München. p. 470. Retrieved 9 December 2016.