Carl Friedrich Lottner
Carl Friedrich Lottner (born June 20, 1834 in Berlin , † April 15, 1873 in Dublin ) was a German-Irish linguist and university professor .
Live and act
Lottner was the son of a legal advisor and brother of Heinrich Lottner . Both sons of the Justice Council Franz August Lottner (1796–1836) and Juliane Caroline Wilhelmine Lottner, née Sander. Lottner studied philology and comparative linguistics at the University of Berlin from 1851 to 1854 with Franz Bopp and Jacob Grimm . After completing his studies, he initially worked as a grammar school teacher , but aimed at a university career. He left the Kingdom of Prussia to settle in Edinburgh from 1858 . A year later he relocated to London , where he worked as a university professor at Trinity College in Dublin ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ) from 1860 until his death . There he took over the now vacant Chair of Sanskrit , the until he died of from Dessau Dating Rudolf Thomas Siegfried held (1830-1863). Lottner also worked part-time as a librarian . His life was almost entirely devoted to his scientific work. He was particularly interested in the numerous Indo-European languages . But he also paid attention to cuneiform inscriptions and African and Asian languages.
In 1861 he formulated the hypothesis of a closer relationship between the Italo-Celtic language group within the (hypothetical) Proto-Indo-European (PIE) . His work "Exceptions of the first sound shift" (1862) provided Friedrich Max Müller with essential connections in his consideration of Grimm's law in his "Lectures on the Sciences of Languages" (1864).
Works (selection)
- The old Irish verbal classes. Contributions to comparative linguistic research in the field of the Aryan, Celtic and Slavic languages 2 (1861), 322–329
- Celtic-Italian. Contributions to comparative linguistic research in the field of the Aryan, Celtic and Slavic languages 2 (1861), pp. 309–321.
- Exceptions to the first sound shift (1862)
- Traces of the Italic imperfect in the Keltic languages. Transactions of the Philological Society, (1859), pp. 31-34;
- About the position of the Italians within the Indo-European tribe (conclusion). Journal for Comparative Linguistic Research in the Field of German, Greek and Latin, Volume 7. (1858), pp. 161–193.
- Carl Friedrich Lottner, Rudolf Thomas Siegfried: On The Gaulish Inscription Of Poitiers: Containing A Charm Against The Demon Dontaurios University Press by MH Gill, Dublin 1863, new edition. Kessinger Publishing, LLC (2010)
literature
- Death of Dr. Lottner. Professor of Sanskrit and assistant librarian, Trinity College, Dublin. The Irish builder, Vol. XV, no. 321, p. 128, May 1, 1873
- Peter Fox: Trinity College Library Dublin: A History. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2014, ISBN 1-139-95222-6 , p. 196.
Individual evidence
- ^ German biography: Lottner, Carl Friedrich
- ^ Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia; Kraatz - Menges. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-11-094027-2 , p. 568.
- ↑ Carl Friedrich Lottner: Celtisch-Italic. Contributions to comparative linguistic research in the field of the Aryan, Celtic and Slavic languages 2 (1861), pp. 309–321.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lottner, Carl Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lottner, Karl Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German linguist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1873 |
| Place of death | Dublin |