Georg Friedrich Benecke was a German philologist.
Beginning in 1780, he was a student at the University of Göttingen, where he was a pupil of Christian Gottlob Heyne. In 1814 he became a full professor at Göttingen, and later on, acquired duties... Wikipedia
Born: June 10, 1762, Mönchsroth, Germany
Died: August 21, 1844 (age 82 years), Göttingen, Germany