Alfred Hillebrandt

Alfred Hillebrandt (born March 15, 1853 in Groß Nädlitz , Province of Silesia , † October 18, 1927 in Deutsch-Lissa ) was a German philologist and university professor in Breslau.

Life

Hillebrandt studied philology at the Royal University of Wroclaw . In 1872 he became a member of the Corps Marcomannia Breslau . In 1875 he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD . He completed his habilitation in 1877 and was appointed associate professor for Sanskrit in 1883 . In 1887 he came to the chair . In 1907 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . He wrote about 50 writings on ancient Indian culture and became one of the greatest Sanskritologists. He became a go. Appointed government councilor and appointed to the Prussian manor house . In 1901/02 and 1910/11 he was rector of the University of Breslau, which in 1911 was renamed the Schlesische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität. In his rector's speech on October 15, 1901, he dealt with ancient India and the culture of the East. He retired in 1921. Marcomannia made him an honorary corps boy and also took in his son Roderich.

Works

About the goddess Aditi , 1876. Dig.
Varuna and Mitra. A contribution to the exegesis of the Veda , 1877. Dig.
The ancient Indian new and full moon offering in its simplest form . Jena 1879. Dig.
Old India: cultural-historical sketches , 1899. Dig.
Vedic Mythology (Volume 3), 1902. Dig.

literature

Dieter Schrapel: Hillebrandt, Alfred. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 149 f. ( Digitized version ).
Michael Witzel : Alfred Hillebrandt reconsidered . The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 112, 1992. Digitized
Contributions to linguistics and ethnology: Festschrift for Alfred Hillebrandt on his 60th birthday on March 15, 1913 presented by his students in Breslau . Halle (Saale) 1913
Werner Hartkopf: The Berlin Academy of Sciences. Its members and award winners 1700-1990. Berlin, 1992. ISBN 978-3050021539 p. 153
Alfred Hillebrandt . In: Article in the journal of the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft , Volume 82, p. 42 f.

Web links

Wikisource: Alfred Hillebrandt - Sources and full texts

Literature by and about Alfred Hillebrandt in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 20/32
↑ Dissertation: Varuṇa as god of heaven and lord of day and night .
↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 114.
↑ Rector's speeches
↑ Roderich Hillebrandt (DNB)

personal data
SURNAME	Hillebrandt, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Sanskritologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 15, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH	Groß Nädlitz , Lower Silesia
DATE OF DEATH	October 18, 1927
Place of death	German Lissa , Breslau

[1] Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 20/32

[2] Dissertation: Varuṇa as god of heaven and lord of day and night .

[3] Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 114.

[4] Rector's speeches

[5] Roderich Hillebrandt (DNB)