Fritz Behrend (Germanist)

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Friedrich "Fritz" Rudolf Behrend (born August 5, 1878 in Berlin ; † March 14, 1939 there ) was a German specialist in German studies and archivist . He was a lecturer at the Technical University in Berlin.

Life

After attending school, he studied. In 1905 he received his doctorate as Dr. phil. The subject of his dissertation was: About the author of the "Donkey King" . He became a scientific official at the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin. There he was archivist of the manuscript archive of the German Commission at the Prussian Academy of Sciences and the editor of the annual reports for modern German literature and the annual reports for Germanic philology. At the same time, Fritz Behrend worked as a lecturer at the Technical University of Berlin and carried the title of professor.

Fritz Behrend lived in Berlin-Zehlendorf , Juttastraße 3. He was a member of the Association for the History of Berlin and published several times on German and historical topics related to the capital of the Reich.

family

He married the daughter of Fritz Jonas .

Fonts (selection)

  • On behalf of the Association for the History of Berlin (ed.): The tunnel over the Spree . Verlag des Verein für die Geschichte Berlins, Berlin o. J.
  • Old German voices. Six lectures during the war . Weidmann, Berlin 1916.
  • with Heinrich Meisner (ed.): From the Goethe circle. Reminder booklet on the 25th anniversary of the literature archive in Berlin (= messages from the literature archive in Berlin, NF, 13). Literature Archive Society, Berlin 1917.
  • From Theodor Fontane's workshop (to Effi Briest) (= H. Berthold type foundry and brass line factory: Bertholddruck, 9). H. Berthold, Private Prints Dept., Berlin 1924.
  • History of German Philology in Pictures. A supplement to the German Literature Atlas by Könnecke-Behrend. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Society for German Philology . NG Elwert'sche Verlh., Marburg, 1927.

estate

Friedrich “Fritz” Behrend's estate is now kept in the archive of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences in Berlin. It comprises 2.7 running meters of shelf.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry in the archive of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
personal data
SURNAME Behrend, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Behrend, Friedrich; Behrend Friedrich Rudolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Germanist, archivist and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1939
Place of death Berlin