Julius Zacher

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Julius Zacher

Ernst Julius August Zacher (5 February 1816,

philologist
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From 1836 to 1839, he studied

Halle and assumed duties as secretary of the Thüringisch-sächsischen Vereins zur Erforschung der vaterländischen Alterthümer (Thuringian-Saxon Society for the study of Patriotic Antiquities).[1][2]

In 1853, he qualified as a lecturer at Halle with the thesis, Desquistionis grammaticae de alphabetic gothici ulphilani origine atque indoles particular. In 1856, he became an associate professor, and three years later, transferred to

In 1868, with Ernst Höpfner, he founded the journal, Zeitschrift für deutsche Philologie.[1] In 1869, he founded the Germanistische Handbibliothek (German "reference library").[3]

Selected works

  • Das Gothische Alphabet Vulfilas und das Runenalphabet : eine sprachwissenschaftliche Untersuchung, 1855 – The Gothic alphabet of Ulfilas and the Rune alphabet.
  • Alexandri Magni iter ad paradisum / ex codd. mss latinis primus, 1859.
  • Pseudocallisthenes; forschungen zur kritik und geschichte der ältesten aufzeichnung der Alexandersage, 1867 –
    Pseudo-Callisthenes; Research on the history and criticism of the oldest record of "Alexandersage".[4]

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