Heinrich August Hahn

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Heinrich August Hahn (1821-1861), was the eldest son of the theologian August Hahn.

After studying theology at Breslau (Wrocław) and Berlin, became successively Privatdozent at Breslau (1845), professor ad interim (1846) at Königsberg on the death of Heinrich Havernick, professor extraordinarius (1851) and professor ordinarius (1860) at Greifswald.

Amongst his published works were a commentary on the Book of Job (1850), a translation of the Song of Songs (1852), an exposition of Isaiah xl.-lxvi. (1857) and a commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes (1860). See the articles in Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopadie, and the Allgemeine deutsche Biographie.

This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, which is in the public domain.

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