Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen

After studying law at the University of Halle, he obtained a legal appointment in the state service at Berlin, but in 1806 resigned in order to devote himself exclusively to letters.

In 1810 he was appointed professor extraordinarius of German literature at the University of Berlin.

In the following year he was transferred in a similar capacity to the University of Breslau, and in 1821 returned to Berlin as professor ordinarius.

Although von der Hagen's critical work is now entirely out of date, he is credited with awakening an interest in old German poetry.

His correspondence with Christian Gottlob Heyne and Georg Friedrich Benecke was published by K. Dziatzko (Leipzig, 1893).