Friedrich Klaeber

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Klaebers tombstone in Bad Kösen

Friedrich Klaeber (born October 1, 1863 in Beetzendorf ; † October 4, 1954 in Bad Kösen ; also Frederick Klaeber ) was a German Anglicist .

Life

He earned his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Berlin in 1892. In 1902 he married Charlotte Wahn. Klaeber taught English and Comparative Linguistics from 1896 to 1932 as a professor at the University of Minnesota . He called himself Frederick Klaeber there. In 1932 he took a chair at the Berlin Humboldt University .

In his research he dealt mainly with questions of Old English literature; Beowulf was of particular interest .

Works (selection)

  • The Christian elements in Beowulf , Friedrich Klaeber, Verlag Niemeyer, 1912
  • The Later Genesis: And Other Old English and Old Saxon Texts Relating to the Fall of Man , Friedrich Klaeber, Verlag Winter, 1913
  • Beowulf and The Fight at Finnsburg , Friedrich Klaeber, Verlag Heath, 1950
  • German War Poems , German Society of Minnesota, Friedrich Klaeber, 1915

literature

  • Robert Dennis Fulk, Robert E. Bjork, Friedrich Klaeber, John D. Niles: Klaeber's Beowulf and The fight at Finnsburg , University of Toronto Press, 2008, ISBN 0802098436

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Martin Wiehle : Altmark personalities. Biographical lexicon of the Altmark, the Elbe-Havel-Land and the Jerichower Land (= contributions to the cultural history of the Altmark and its peripheral areas. Vol. 5). Dr. ziethen verlag, Oschersleben 1999, ISBN 3-932090-61-6 , p. 86.
personal data
SURNAME Klaeber, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klaeber, Frederick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Anglist
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Beetzendorf
DATE OF DEATH 4th October 1954
Place of death Bad Kosen