Gottfried
Kinkel was born in Oberkassel, Germany
in 1815. After university he lectured in Bonn on theology, poetry
and the history of art. He wrote books on art and published poetry
including the well-received, Otto der Schutz
(1846).
Kinkel was involved in the 1848 Revolution in Germany and after his
arrest was imprisoned in Spandau. He escaped and managed to get to
the United States. He later moved to England where he taught German
in London until 1866 when he was appointed
professor of archaeology and art in Zurich. Other books by Kinkel
included Freiligraph (1867) and
Rubens (1874). Gottfried Kinkel
died in 1882.
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