Charles Grant Loomis
Charles Grant Loomis (born January 21, 1901 in Worcester , Massachusetts , † March 22, 1963 in Mendocino , California ) was an American German scholar and folklorist .
Life
Loomis finished his undergraduate studies at Hamilton College in Clinton, Oneida County, New York in 1923 . Between 1926 and 1928 he studied Old English Philology at the University of Munich , then until 1933 at Harvard University , where he also wrote his dissertation The Legend of St. Edmund. Its Growth and Folklore PhD . In 1941 he became full professor for German and German literature from the 16th to 19th centuries at the University of California, Berkeley .
Works (selection)
- White magic. An introduction to the folklore of Christian legend. Mediaeval Academy of America, Cambridge, Mass. 1948, OCLC 728122 .
- The German Theater in San Francisco. 1861–1864 (= University of California publications in modern philology; 36.8). University of California Press, Berkeley et al. a. 1952, OCLC 5096783 .
literature
- Christine Goldberg: Loomis, Charles Grant. In: Enzyklopädie des Märchen , Vol. 8. de Gruyter, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-11-014339-9 ; Sp. 1192-1193.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Loomis, Charles Grant |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American German philologist and folklorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Worcester , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1963 |
| Place of death | Mendocino , California |