Wilhelm Scherer
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Wilhelm Scherer (26 April 1841 – 6 August 1886) was a German
Life
Scherer was born in Schönborn, Austrian Empire (present-day Göllersdorf, Lower Austria, Austria). He was educated at the academic gymnasium in Vienna and afterwards at the University of Vienna, where he was a favorite pupil of the distinguished Germanist, Karl Müllenhoff (1818–1884). Having taken the degree of doctor philosophiae, he became privatdozent for German language and literature in 1864.[1]
In 1868 he was named a full professor at Vienna, and in 1872 received a call in a like capacity to the
Works
Scherer's literary activity falls into three categories: in Vienna was the philologist, at Strasbourg the professor of literature and Berlin the author.[1]
His earliest work was a biography of the philologist
He contributed the section on Alsatian literature to Ottokar Lorenz's Geschichte des Elsasses (1871, 3rd ed. 1886). Other important works are Geistliche Poeten der deutschen Kaiserzeit (Strassburg, 1875); Geschichte der deutschen Dichtung im 11. und 12. Jahrhundert (1875); and Vorträge und Aufsätze zur Geschichte des geistlichen Lebens in Deutschland und Österreich (1874).[1]
Scherer's best known work is his history of German literature, Geschichte der deutschen Literatur (Berlin, 1883; 10th ed., 1905; English translation Mrs F. C. Conybeare, 1883; new ed., 1906). This work is distinguished by the clarity with which details are co-ordinated with general and comprehensive survey of German literature from its beginnings right up until the death of Goethe.[1]
Besides many other philological treatises, Scherer wrote largely on Goethe (Aus Goethes Frühzeit, 1879; Aufsätze über Goethe, 1886), and took an active part in the foundation of the Goethe archives at Weimar. A small treatise on Poetik, a biography of Karl Müllenhoff, and two volumes of Kleine Schriften were published after his death.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Chisholm 1911, p. 320.
- ^ Chisholm 1911, pp. 320–321.
References
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Scherer, Wilhelm". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 320–321. which in turn cites:
- Victor Basch, Wilhelm Scherer et la philologie allemande (Paris, 1889)
- Edward Schröder (1890), "Scherer, Wilhelm", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 31, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 104–114
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External links
- Wilhelm Scherer in the Deutsche Biographie (ADB & NDB)
- Works by Wilhelm Scherer at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Wilhelm Scherer at Internet Archive