Schlegel, August Wilhelm von 1767-1845
German scholar

Born in Hanover, the brother of Friedrich von Schlegel, he studied theology at G�ttingen, but soon turned to literature. In 1795 he settled in Jena, and in 1796 married a widow, Caroline B�hmer (1763-1809), who separated from him in 1803 and married Friedrich von Schelling. In 1798 he became Professor of Literature and Fine Art at Jena, and founded with his brother the literary journal Das Athen�um. In 1801-04 he lectured at Berlin. Most of the next 14 years he spent in the house of Madame de Sta�l at Coppet, although he lectured on Dramatic Art and Literature (English translation 1815) at Vienna in 1808, and was secretary to the Crown Prince of Sweden (1813-14). From 1818 until his death he was Professor of Literature at Bonn. He translated 17 plays of Shakespeare, and also translated works by Dante, Calder�n, Cervantes and Luis de Camo�ns, and edited the Bhagavad-Gita and the Ramayana. He is regarded as a pioneer of the German Romantic movement.

Bibliography: Ruth Schirmer, August Wilhelm Schlegel und Seine Zeit: ein Bonner Leben (1986)