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August Heisenberg
(1869–1930)
BIRTH
November 13, 1869
PLACE
Osnabrück, Germany
NAME
Ernst August Heisenberg
DEATH
November 22, 1930
PLACE
Munich, Germany
FAMILY
FATHER
Werner Heisenberg
(1901-1976)
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LUTHERAN
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August Heisenberg was the father of physicist Werner Heisenberg. A scholar of Greek philology, he married Anna “Annie” Wecklein in 1899 and later taught at the University of Munich.
EARLY LIFE
He taught Greek philology, including at the University of Munich.
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DEATH
August Heisenberg died in Munich on November 22, 1930, while serving as professor of Byzantine studies at the University of Munich. He was buried in the family grave at the Munich Waldfriedhof. The consulted institutional records do not establish a medical cause.
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