Eberhard Gottlieb Graff
Eberhard Gottlieb Graff (born March 10, 1780 in Elbing ; † October 18, 1841 in Berlin ) was a German linguist .
Eberhard Gottlieb Graff studied at Königsberg , came to Marienwerder in 1810 as a government and school council , in 1814 to Arnsberg in the same capacity , then to Koblenz .
Since 1820 divorced from his previous sphere of activity, he became professor of the German language at the University of Königsberg in 1824 and now focused his attention primarily on the research of Old High German language and literature, in the interests of which he made a trip through Germany and France from 1825 to 1827 Switzerland and Italy made. In 1832 he was accepted as a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .
His main work is:
- Old High German vocabulary or dictionary of the Old High German language. (Berlin 1834–1842, 6 volumes), to which Hans Ferdinand Maßmann supplied compressed Old High German dictionary or alphabetical index to the Old High German vocabulary of EG Graff (Berlin 1846).
Graff also published:
- Diutiska, Monuments of the German Language and Literature from Old Manuscripts (Stuttgart 1826–29)
- Otfried's Gospel Harmony (Königsberg 1831)
- German interlinear versions of the Psalms from manuscripts of the 12th and 13th centuries (Quedlinburg 1838)
literature
- Wilhelm Scherer : Graff, Eberhard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, pp. 566-568.
- Elisabeth Karg-Gasterstädt : Graff, Eberhard Gottlieb. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 730 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Eberhard Gottlieb Graff in the catalog of the German National Library
- Eberhard Gottlieb Graff in the Internet Archive
- Old High German vocabulary, Volume 1 2 3 4 5 6 Index
Individual evidence
- ^ Members of the previous academies. Eberhard Gottlieb Graff. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed March 30, 2015 .
- ↑ EG Graff: Old High German Sprachschatz or dictionary of the Old High German language […]. I-VI, Berlin 1934-1842; Reprint Hildesheim 1963
- ↑ HF Massmann: Complete alphabetical index to the Old High German language treasure from EG Graff. Berlin 1846; Reprint Hildesheim 1963.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Graff, Eberhard Gottlieb |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Graff, Eberhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German linguist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1780 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elblag |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 1841 |
| Place of death | Berlin |