Eugen Braunholtz
Eugen Gustav Wilhelm Braunholtz (born January 21, 1859 in Goslar , † February 8, 1941 in Cambridge ) was a British Romanist of German origin.
Life
Braunholtz went to school in Hildesheim and Hanover and studied in Tübingen (1878–1879) and Berlin (1879–1883). It was published in Berlin in 1883 on the first non-Christian parable of Barlaam and Josaphat . Their origin and distribution are promoted. Then he went to Paris.
In 1884 he was appointed to the newly established professorship for French at Cambridge University and taught there until 1939, first as a lecturer , and from 1900 as a reader for Romance philology . He was a fellow of King's College . In 1891 he accepted British citizenship. Braunholtz was the brother-in-law and colleague of the first Cambridge German studies scholar , Karl Hermann Breul (1860-1932), who was also appointed in 1884.
Works
- The first non-Christian parable of Barlaam and Josaphat. Their origin and distribution. Karras, Halle an der Saale 1884 (dissertation)
- Books of reference for students and teachers of French. A critical survey. Hachette et al., Paris 1901
literature
- Günther Schütz : Epistolario de Rufino José Cuervo con filólogos de Alemania, Austria y Suiza y noticias de las demás relaciones de Cuervo con estos países y sus representantes. Vol. 1, Bogotá 1976, pp. 619-624
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| SURNAME | Braunholtz, Eugen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Braunholtz, Eugen Gustav Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Romanist of German origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goslar |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1941 |
| Place of death | Cambridge |