Christoph Walther (philologist)
Christoph Heinrich Friedrich Walther (born April 29, 1841 in Hamburg ; † February 9, 1914 there ) was a German philologist and librarian .
Live and act
Christoph Walther studied Classical Philology and received his doctorate from Kiel University in 1868 . In his doctoral thesis he dealt with the theory of forms of the Tatian dialect . He then worked as a teacher at a private school in his hometown. In 1875 he got a job as a secretary at the Hamburg city library . The activity ended in 1883 due to personal differences. He then did research on the Low German language, which he financed through an inherited family fortune.
Walther wrote numerous essays, lexicographical collections and source editions. He also gave lectures. He made a significant contribution to increasing the level of knowledge of his time. Walther became known nationwide through the Middle Low German Concise Dictionary , which he edited and published from 1888. He took over these activities from Heinrich August Lübben , who died in 1884. Together with Karl Koppmann , he founded the Association for Low German Language Research in 1875 . He worked on the editing of the club's yearbook and the correspondence sheet and was the chief editor of the sheet from 1896 until the end of his life. He also continued the dialect dictionary Idioticon Hamburgense , whose extensive collection of material formed one of the foundations for the Hamburg dictionary , which was started after his death .
Walther was an active member of the Association for Hamburg History and from 1872 to 1876 a member of the association's board. From 1886 to 1911 he volunteered in the club library and helped to build up, expand and organize the collection.
The Hamburg Senate appointed him honorary professor in 1911.
literature
- Gunnar B. Zimmermann: Walther, Christoph . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 4 . Wallstein, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-8353-0229-7 , pp. 367-368 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Christoph Walther in the catalog of the German National Library
Remarks
- ↑ August Lübben, Christoph Walther: Middle Low German Concise Dictionary. North / Leipzig 1885–1888; Reprint Darmstadt 1965.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walther, Christoph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Walther, Christoph Heinrich Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philologist and librarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1914 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |