Erik Rooth
Erik Gustaf Teodor Rooth (born April 22, 1889 in Degerfors , Sweden, † March 14, 1986 in Lund ) was a Swedish specialist in German .
Rooth studied from 1909 to 1919 at the Universities of Bonn and Uppsala and received his doctorate in Uppsala in 1919. He taught as a private lecturer in Lund and Uppsala and was professor for the German language at Lund University from 1932 to 1954.
Rooth taught German, Dutch and Frisian philology. He was a member of numerous scientific societies. In 1952 he received the Brothers Grimm Prize from the Philipps University of Marburg .
Fonts
- Saxonica. Contributions to the history of the Lower Saxony language. Gleerup, Lund 1949.
- About the names for 'icicles' in the Germanic languages. Historical word geographic and etymological studies. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm / Göteborg / Uppsala 1961.
- Low German breviary texts from the 14th century from Westphalia. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm 1969.
- Verner's law in research and teaching. [1875-1975]. Gleerup, Lund 1974.
literature
- Rooth, Erik. In: Internationales Germanistenlexikon 1800–1950. Vol. 3: R-Z . Edited by Christoph König , de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-015485-4 , pp. 1515–1516.
Web links
- Literature by and about Erik Rooth in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rooth, Erik |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rooth, Erik Gustaf Teodor (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish Germanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Degerfors , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1986 |
| Place of death | Lund |