Emil Seelmann-Eggebert
Emil Paul Seelmann-Eggebert (born January 25, 1859 in Oschersleben , † November 30, 1915 in Bonn ) was a German librarian , philologist and Romance scholar .
Life
Emil Seelmann-Eggebert was born in 1859 as the son of the tanner master Gotthelf Seelmann-Eggebert and was the younger brother of the philologist Wilhelm Emil Seelmann-Eggebert (* 1849; † 1940). After elementary school in Oschersleben, Seelmann-Eggebert attended high school in Quedlinburg and studied Latin and Romance philology in Berlin and Bonn from 1879 to 1882 . In 1884, Seelmann-Eggebert was named “Dr. phil. ”.
From 1881 he worked as a librarian in Bonn. He moved to Göttingen in 1885 , to Breslau in 1888 and to Halle an der Saale in 1891 . From 1892 the philologist worked as a librarian and senior librarian at the university library in Bonn .
He introduced modern phonetics (phonetic physiology) into classical philology and made a contribution to the research of old Wallonia poetry and old French epic . His discovery of Wallonized Saxons in the Ardennes , whose ancestors Charlemagne had transplanted there, gained fame . Emil Seelmann-Eggebert had been editing the annual critical reports on the progress of Romance philology since 1892 and was in the process of publishing works on old French epic, Roland , Hakelberend, Haimon and Hubertus sagas since 1909 .
Works
- Essence and principles of Latin accentuation, 1884
- Pronunciation of Latin according to physiological-historical principles, 1885
- Library of the old French Roland song, 1888 (Reprint 1969)
- Recovery of the Saxons deported by Charlemagne, 1895
- The recovery of the Saxons deported by Charlemagne, in: Jahrbuch für Niederdeutsche Sprache 50, 1924, pp. 45–55
literature
- Yearbook of the German Library 6, 1908, p. 116; ibid. 7, 1909, p. 136
- Who's it 4, 1909; Who's it 6, 1912
- Wilhelm Erman , History of the Bonn University Library (1818–1901), 1919 (Reprint 1969), p. 243
- Karl Bader, Lexicon of German Librarians, 1925
Web links
- Heinz Nowak : Seelmann-Eggebert, Emil Paul at: uni-magdeburg.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seelmann-Eggebert, Emil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seelmann-Eggebert, Emil Paul (full name); Seelmann, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German librarian, philologist and Romance scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oschersleben |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1915 |
| Place of death | Bonn |