Alexandru Philippide

Alexandru Philippide (* 1. May 1859 in Bârlad ; † 12. August 1933 in Iasi ) was a Romanian linguist and Rumänist .

life and work

Alexandru Philippide (not to be confused with his son of the same name, the poet Alexandru [A.] Philippide [1900–1979]) studied at the University of Alexandru Ioan Cuza Iași , and from 1888 to 1890 with Hermann Suchier at the University of Halle . From 1884 he was a high school teacher in Iași, from 1893 professor of Romance philology (from 1913 to 1918 also dean). In 1927 he founded the Institute for Romance Philology there, which now bears his name. Among his students were Ovid Densusianu , Iorgu Iordan and Gheorghe Ivănescu (1912–1987).

Philippide had been a full member of the Romanian Academy since 1900 .

Works

Introducere in istoria limbei si literaturei române, Iaşi 1888
Istoria limbii române. 1. Principii de istoria limbii, Iași 1894; ed. by Gheorghe Ivănescu, Iași 2011
Gramatică elementară a limbii române, 1897 (384 pages)
Consideraţii confortabile. Fapte şi păreri literare, Bucharest 1900, 1970
Un specialist român la Lipsca, Iași 1910 (171 pages) on Gustav Weigand
Originea românilor, 2 vol., Iași 1925–1928

literature

Iorgu Iordan , Alexandru I. Philippide, Bucharest 1969
Alexandru Philippide. 50 de ani de la moarte, Iaşi 1983
Alexandru Philippide, Opere alese. Teoria limbii, ed. by Gheorghe Ivănescu and Carmen-Gabriela Pamfil, Bucharest 1984

personal data
SURNAME	Philippide, Alexandru
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Romanian Romanist and Romanist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 1, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bârlad
DATE OF DEATH	August 12, 1933
Place of death	Iași