Ferdinand Wolf

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Ferdinand Wolf, lithograph by Adolf Dauthage , 1853

Ferdinand Wolf (born December 8, 1796 in Vienna , † February 18, 1866 in Vienna) was an Austrian Romanist.

Wolf studied at the University of Graz a . a. Philosophy and Law and then went back to his hometown to take up a degree in literary history at the university . After graduating, he got a job as a scriptor at the imperial court library in 1819 and was later promoted to custodian there . His son Adolf succeeded him in this position.

In 1847, Wolf played a key role in founding the Academy of Sciences in Vienna , which he also headed for some time as its secretary.

Ferdinand Wolf died soon after his 69th birthday on February 18, 1866 in Vienna, where he found his final resting place.

Fonts

as an author

  • About the latest achievements of the French for the publication of their national hero poems. Vienna 1833.
  • Floresta de rimas modernas castellanas. 2 volumes. Paris 1837.
  • About the lais, sequences and corpse. Heidelberg 1841.
  • Rosa de romances. Leipzig 1846 (also as part 3 of Georg Bernhard Depping's Romancero ).
  • About a collection of Spanish romances in flying pages at the University Library in Prague. Vienna 1850.
  • Studies on the history of Spanish and Portuguese national literature. Berlin 1859.
  • Dom Antonio José da Silva, the author of the so-called "Operas of the Jew" (Operas do Judeu). Gerold, Vienna ( digitized version of the 1860 edition ).
  • Le Brésil littéraire. Histoire de la littérature brésilienne. Asher, Berlin 1863 ( digitized at gallica.bnf.fr )
  • Blossom picking from scholarly correspondence. Edited by his son Adolf Wolf.

editor

  • with Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher : The saga of the brother Rausch. Vienna 1835.
  • with Konrad Hofmann : Primavera y flor de romances. 2 volumes. Berlin 1856.
  • Yearbooks of Literature. Among other things, the following appeared in separate prints:
    • Contributions to the history of the Castilian national literature. Vienna 1832.
    • About old French romances and court poetry. Vienna 1834.
    • About the Spanish romance poetry. Vienna 1847.
  • with Adolf Ebert : Yearbook for Romance and English Literature.

translator

  • George Ticknor : History of Spanish literature ("The history of Spanish literature"). Leipzig 1865. A supplement was published posthumously in 1867.

literature

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Wolf, Ferdinand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wolf, Ferdinand Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Romanist
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 1866
Place of death Vienna