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KARL See also:FRIEDRICH See also:NEUMANN (1793-1870)
, See also:German orientalist, was See also:born, under the name of See also:Bamberger, at
Reichsmannsdorf, near See also:Bamberg, on the 28th of See also:December 1793
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He studied See also:philosophy and See also:philology at See also:Heidelberg, See also:Munich and See also:Gottingen, became a convert to Protestantism and took the name of See also:Neumann
.
From 1822 to 1825 he was a teacher at See also:Spires; then he learned Armenian in See also:Venice and visited See also:Paris and See also:London
.
In 1829 he went to See also:China, where he studied the See also:language and amassed a large library of valuable books and See also:manuscripts
.
These, about 12,000 in number, he presented to the royal library at Munich
.
Returning to See also:Germany in 1831 Neumann was made See also:professor of Armenian and See also:Chinese in the university of Munich
.
He held this position until 1852, when, owing to his pronounced revolutionary opinions, he was removed
from his See also:chair
.
Ten years later he settled in See also:Berlin, where he died on the 17th of See also:
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