"Fick, August"@en . "1833-05-05Z"^^ . "1833Z"^^ . . "1916-03-24Z"^^ . "German philologist" . . . . "August Fick (May 5, 1833, in Petershagen, Germany \u2013 March 24, 1916, in Hildesheim or Breslau) was a German philologist.He spent his life chiefly at G\u00F6ttingen, where he first studied philology under Theodor Benfey; became a teacher in the Gymnasium, and eventually in 1876 professor of Comparative Philology in the university; in 1887 accepted a professorship in Breslau, but retired four years later; author of a variety of learned works on philology."@en . "1916Z"^^ .