Arthur Kopp (librarian)

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Arthur Kopp (pseudonyms: P. Raphael Turko , Stieglitz ) (born December 19, 1860 in Insterburg , † January 10, 1918 in Lübeck ) was a German librarian , folklorist and song researcher.

Life

From 1878 Kopp studied linguistics , classical and German philology in Königsberg . During his studies in 1879 he became a member of the Teutonia Königsberg fraternity . In 1883 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD . From 1884 to 1885 he worked as a teacher in Königsberg and then worked as a librarian; 1886 at the University Library Königsberg , from 1887 to 1909 at the University Library Berlin . There he began in 1888 as a research assistant and assistant, became a librarian in 1894 and received the title of professor in 1905 . From 1909 to 1914 he worked at the University Library of Marburg as senior librarian. In 1914 he was retired due to illness. In 1917 he moved to Lübeck, from where his wife (she was the sister of Karl Theodor Gaedertz ) came.

From 1911/12 to 1918 he was a member of the Society for Folklore .

Honors

Publications (selection)

  • De ammonii, Eranii, aliorum distinctionibus synonymicis earumque communi fonte. Dissertation University of Königsberg 1883 ( digitized UB Cologne ).
  • Debris from the spiritual life of a failed person. Berlin 1887.
  • Contributions to the Greek excerpt literature . Gaertner, Berlin 1887.
  • The creation of the "Gaudeamus igitur". Berlin 1891.
  • An unknown poem by Logau. In: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen, Vol. 11 (1894), pp. 106–110 ( online ).
  • Wedekind, the Krambulist. Koenigsberg 1895.
  • German folk and student song in pre-classical times. Berlin 1899 ( digitized Internet Archive ).
  • Eisenbart in life and in song. Berlin 1900 ( digitized Internet Archive ).
  • The Fox Riding Song and its ramifications. Berlin 1904.
  • Johann Balhorn . (Printing house in Lübeck 1528 to 1603). Borchers, Lübeck 1906.
  • Bremberger poems . A contribution to the Brembergersage. Ludwig, Vienna 1908.

literature

  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 416-417.
personal data
SURNAME Kopp, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES P. Raphael Turko (pseudonym); Goldfinch (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian, folklorist and song researcher
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Insterburg
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1918
Place of death Lübeck