Friedrich August Wilhelm Spohn

Friedrich August Wilhelm Spohn (16 May 1792, Dortmund – 17 January 1824, Leipzig) was a German classical philologist.

He was the son of theologian Gottlieb Lebrecht Spohn (1756–1794).

In 1818 he became an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Leipzig, where during the following year he was appointed professor of Greek and Roman literature.

[1] In addition to his work as a classical philologist, he was involved in early attempts at decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs.

[2] His grave marker at the Alten Johannisfriedhof in Leipzig is a column adorned with hieroglyphs.