Emil Öhmann

Emil Öhmann (born January 25, 1894 in Helsinki ; † October 7, 1984 ibid) was a Finnish German studies, Romance studies and linguist.

life and work

Öhmann received his doctorate in German at the University of Helsinki in 1918 with the thesis Studies on French Words in German in the 12th and 13th Centuries (Helsinki 1918). From 1921 to 1925 he was a lecturer in German studies in Helsinki, then from 1925 to 1943 professor of German studies at the University of Turku (where he also taught Romance studies until 1931) and finally from 1943 to 1963 professor of German studies at the University of Helsinki.

His research interests were particularly focused on the influence of French and Italian on German language history.

In 1961, Öhmann received the Brothers Grimm Prize from the Philipps University of Marburg . In 1954 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . Since 1955 he was a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR and an external member since 1969 .

Works (selection)

The S plural in German , Helsinki 1924
The Italian influence on the German language up to the end of the Middle Ages , Helsinki 1942
The Middle High German loan coinage based on the old French model , Helsinki 1951
Knowledge of the French components in the Rhenish dialects , Helsinki 1965

literature

Emil Öhmann on his 60th birthday on January 25, 1954 from friends and colleagues, Helsinki 1954

Web links

Literature by and about Emil Öhmann in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
http://www.utu.fi/fi/yksikot/hum/yksikot/ranska/francais/Documents/historique.pdf (Lauri Lindgren, Historique des études françaises à Turku, p. 4, note 2)

Individual evidence

↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 181.

personal data
SURNAME	Öhmann, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Finnish German studies, Romance studies and linguist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 25, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH	Helsinki
DATE OF DEATH	October 7, 1984
Place of death	Helsinki

[1] Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 181.