August Kluckhohn

Who was August Kluckhohn?

August Kluckhohn was a German historian, born at Bavenhausen in Lippe. He studied at Heidelberg and Göttingen University, and in 1858 went to Munich to become editor of the criticism portion of Sybel's Historische Zeitschrift. He became an instructor in history at the University of Munich in 1860, in 1865 being promoted to extraordinary professor. In 1869, he was appointed ordinary professor of history at the Polytechnic School in Munich, and in 1883 he went to the University of Göttingen.