Karl Friedrich Vollrath Hoffmann
Karl Friedrich Vollrath Hoffmann was a German geographer.
He studied at the University of Berlin, and afterwards taught classes in Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg's institute. Later on, he was named director of Cotta's geographical institute in Stuttgart. In 1829 he obtained his habilitation and served as a lecturer at the University of Munich. Due to outspoken remarks regarding Catholicism, he lost his position at Munich and subsequently returned to Stuttgart.
With Alexander von Humboldt and Heinrich Berghaus, he was editor of the geographical journal "Annalen der erd, völker- und staatenkunde".Selected works
- Ueber die Zerstörung der Römerstädte am Rhein zwischen Lahn und Wied, - On the destruction of the Roman cities on the Rhine between Lahn and Wied.
- Umrisse zur Erd- und Staatenkunde vom Lande der Deutschen,.
- Deutschland und seine Bewohner: Ein Handbuch der Vaterlandskunde für alle Stände, - Germany and its inhabitants.
- Die Erde und ihre Bewohner: Ein Hand- und Lesebuch für alle Stände, - The Earth and its inhabitants.
- Europa und seine Bewohner: Ein Hand- und Lesebuch für alle Stände, - Europe and its inhabitants.
- Die Völker der Erde, ihr Leben, ihre Sitten und Gebräuche, - The peoples of the world, their lives, their manners and customs.
- Hertha, Einleitung in die Erdkunde, - "Hertha", introduction to geography.
