Karl Müllenhoff
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| Born | 8 September 1818 |
| Died | 19 February 1884 (aged 65) |
| Nationality | German |
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Karl Viktor Müllenhoff (born September 8, 1818, in
Germanic studies
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Biography
He was born in
Gottfried Hermann and Moriz Haupt) and then in Berlin (1839-1841), where his instructors included Karl Lachmann and Wilhelm Grimm. In 1841 he received his PhD at Kiel with a dissertation on Sophocles.[2]
He taught classes in
German philology (1858-1884). In 1861 he became a member of the Gesetzlose Gesellschaft zu Berlin. Two of his well-known students in Berlin were Wilhelm Scherer and Elias von Steinmeyer.[1][2]
In 1863 he introduced a theory involving the continuity of written language dating from the era of Old High German.[1]
From around 1875, he resided at Schellingstraße 7 (
Berlin-Kreuzberg) was named in his honor.[1]
Publications
- Sagen, Märchen und Lieder der herzogthümer Schleswig, Holstein und Lauenburg, 1845 – Collection of sagas, fairy tales and songs from the Duchies of Lauenburg.
- De Antiquissima Germanorum Poesi Chorica, a treatise; cited as one of his greatest works (1847).
- Altdeutsche Sprachproben, 1864 (4th edition, 1885. 5th edition, 1963).
- Denkmäler deutscher Poesie und Prosa aus dem 8. bis 12. Jahrhundert, with Wilhelm Scherer (Berlin, 1864) – Monuments of German poetry and prose from the 8th-12th century.
- Deutsche Alterthumskunde, left unfinished; cited as one of his greatest works (1870–99); five volumes.
- Vol. 1. Die Phoenizier. Pytheas von Massalia.
- Vol. 2. Die Nord- und Ostnachbaren der Germanen. Die Gallier und Germanen.
- Vol. 3. Der Ursprung der Germanen.
- Vol. 4. Die Germania des Tacitus.
- Vol. 5. Über die Voluspa. Über die ältere Edda.[3]
Notes
- ^ a b c d "Statement(s) based on translated text from an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia".
- ^ a b biography @ NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie
- ^ WorldCat Identities Most widely held works by K.Müllenhoff
References
- Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). . The American Cyclopædia.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
Further reading
- Scherer and Schröder, Karl Müllenhoff (Berlin, 1896) (in German)
External links
- Works by or about Karl Müllenhoff at Internet Archive
- Works by Karl Müllenhoff at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Works by Karl Müllenhoff at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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