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He was considered the leading Germanist after the death of Jacob Grimm in 1863.[2] A number of Wackernagel's significant works were published posthumously. The following are some of his principal writings:
Geschichte des deutschen Hexameters und Pentameters bis auf Klopstock, 1831 – History of German hexameters and pentameters prior to Klopstock.
