Friedrich Harms

Friedrich Harms (born 24 October 1819 in Kiel, Duchy of Holstein; died 5 April 1880 in Berlin) was a German realist philosopher. He was much influenced by Fichte. He studied philosophy at the University of Kiel as a pupil of Heinrich Moritz Chalybäus. In 1842 he obtained his habilitation for philosophy at Kiel, where he later became an associate professor (1848; a full professor in 1858). In 1867 he relocated to the University of Berlin as a professor of philosophy.