Emil Levy
Emil Levy (born October 23, 1855 in Hamburg , † November 28, 1917 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German Romanist , Provençalist and lexicographer .
life and work
Levy did his doctorate in Berlin in 1880 with Adolf Tobler on Guilhem Figueira, a Provencal troubadour (Berlin: S. Liebrecht 1880) and completed his habilitation in Freiburg in 1883 with Fritz Neumann with The Troubadour Bartholome Zorzi (Halle: Niemeyer 1883). In Freiburg he became an adjunct professor. Levy spent a long time in Paris and southern France and associated with the Provençalist Camille Chabaneau. Levy's outstanding achievement is the Old Provençal Dictionary Provençal Supplement Dictionary. Corrections and additions to M. [François] Raynouard's Lexique roman [1838–1844], 8 volumes, Leipzig 1892–1924 (Reprinted in Hildesheim 1973).
He was married to Rosette van Praag, her son Friedrich Leyden was a German geographer and diplomat.
Works (selection)
- Le Troubadour Paulet de Marseille , Paris: Maisonneuve 1882
- Poésies religieuses provençales et françaises, you manuscrit extravag. 268 de Wolfenbuettel , Paris: Maisonneuve 1887
- Petit dictionnaire provençal-français , Hamburg 1909, 5th edition Heidelberg 1973 (French reprints: Raphèle-les-Arles 1991, Nîmes 2005)
literature
- Carl Appel in: Literature sheet for Germanic and Romance philology. Volume 39, 1918, Col. 77 f.
- W. Theodor Elwert : Levy, Emil. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-428-00195-8 , p. 403 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Emil Levy in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Emil Levy in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Levy, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Romanist, Provençalist and lexicographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 28, 1917 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |