Conrad Brann
Conrad Max Benedict Brann (born July 20, 1925 in Rostock ; † June 23, 2014 in Maiduguri ) was a German-British linguist.
Life
Brann studied linguistics and international relations in Hamburg, Rome, Oxford, Paris and Bruges. He taught English at the University of Hamburg and worked in the UNESCO administration from 1958 to 1965 . Brann lived in Nigeria since 1966. He was the founder and since 1977 head of the Department of Languages and Linguistics at Maiduguri University .
Honors
- 1990: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1999: Festschrift in Honor of Conrad Max Benedict Brann , University of Maiduguri
literature
- William Charles McCormack, Stephen Adolphe Wurm (Eds.): Language and society: anthropological issues. - Mouton, 1979
Web links
- Why I never had a wife or child , interview with Conrad Brann in The Nation (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ In memoriam Prof. Conrad Max Benedict Brann. (No longer available online.) In: www.nigeria.diplo.de. Archived from the original on February 16, 2017 ; accessed on February 16, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brann, Conrad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brann, Conrad Max Benedict (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-British linguist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rostock |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 2014 |
| Place of death | Maiduguri |