Wikipedia:WikiProject Germany/Portal:Schleswig-Holstein/Article of the month/2011-05

Klaus Groth (April 24, 1819 - June 1, 1899), Low German poet, was born at Heide in Schleswig-Holstein.

After studying at the seminary in Tondern (1838–1841), he became a teacher at the girls school in his native village, but in 1847 went to Kiel to qualify for a higher educational post. Ill health interrupted his studies and it was not until 1853 that he was able to resume them at Kiel. In 1856 he took the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Bonn, and in 1858 settled as Privatdozent in German literature and languages at Kiel, where, in 1866, he was made professor, and where he lived until his death. more...