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Fischer, Kuno

Born
1824
Died
1907
Forenames
Kuno
Surname
Fischer

Professor of philosophy and German literature at the University of Heidelberg, where FH studied. FH tells how at one of his lectures Fischer claimed Shakespeare as a 'flower of the Germanic race'. Annoyed by this, FH responded with a joke derivation of Shakespeare's name from 'Jacques Pierre', to the amusement of FH's fellow students and Fischer alike.

FH says that Fischer also persuaded him to go for a year into a German gymnasium (senior boys' school) to improve his knowledge of Latin and Greek before continuing his university career.

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