Otto Basler
Otto Basler | |
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| Born | May 8, 1892 |
| Died | May 28, 1975 (aged 83) |
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| Alma mater | University of Freiburg |
Otto Basler (8 May 1892 in Kitzingen, Bavaria – 28 May 1975 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German philologist.
Basler studied
University of Munich, first with a training order for German philology and folklore, and in 1947, he became a professor at the university. From 1952 to his retirement, he taught at Freiburg University. He left Freiburg im Breisgau, where he taught since 1952 as a fee professor to 1959. Basler was involved in the German orthography reform of 1944.[1] After the end of the World War II, he published his proposals for a spelling reform in his Leibniz publishing house.[2]
References
Further reading
- Birken-Bertsch, Hanno; Markner, Reinhard (2000). Rechtschreibreform und Nationalsozialismus: Ein Kapitel aus der politischen Geschichte der deutschen Sprache. Göttingen: Wallstein. ISBN 3-89244-450-1.
- Ickler, Theodor (1998-06-08). "The only real spelling reform in Germany". Sueddeutsche Zeitung. p. 9.
- Kopke, Wolfgang (1995). Rechtschreibreform und Verfassungsrecht : schulrechtliche, persönliochkeitsrechtliche und kulturverfassungsrechtliche Aspekte einer Reform der deutschen Orthographie [Spelling and constitutional reform] (Thesis). Tübingen: Mohr. ISBN 9783161465246.
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