The New International Encyclopædia/Afinger, Bernhard

AFINGER, ä′fĭng-ẽr, Bernhard (1813-82). A German sculptor, born at Nuremberg, Bavaria. He studied the works of old German sculpture there, was for a time a silversmith, and in 1840 began instruction under Rauch at Berlin. In portrait medallions and works of a religious character he was particularly successful. There is an Arndt memorial by him at Bonn, a university memorial at Greifswald, and a statue of Newton in the National Museum, Pesth.