Gavriil Munteanu

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Gavriil Munteanu (* February 1812 in Vingard ; † 29. December 1869 in Braşov ) was a Romanian linguist , Rumänist , lexicographer, grammarian and translator.

life and work

Munteanu grew up in Transylvania , went to school in Karlsburg ( Alba Iulia ) and studied law in Klausenburg ( Cluj-Napoca ). From 1835 he was a high school teacher in Bucharest and elsewhere. In 1851 he became the founding director of the grammar school in Brasov.

Munteanu was co-author of an extensive German-Romanian dictionary (using preliminary work by Andreas Isser ) and author of a Romanian grammar. He translated Tacitus , Suetonius and Goethe's Werther into Romanian. Munteanu was a founding member of the Romanian Academy .

Works (selection)

  • (with George Bariț ) German-Romanian dictionary , ed. by Rudolph Orgidan, 2 vols., Kronstadt 1853–1854 (880 pages)
  • Gramatica romana pentru clasile gimnasiali , 2 vols., Kronstadt 1861–1863

literature

  • Paul Miron, 189. Romanian Lexicography, in: Dictionaries. Dictionaries. Dictionnaires. An international handbook on lexicography. Second part of volume , ed. by Franz Josef Hausmann, Oskar Reichmann, Herbert Ernst Wiegand and Ladislav Zgusta, Berlin. New York 1990, p. 1883

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personal data
SURNAME Munteanu, Gavriil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Munteanu, Gavril; Munteanu, Gavrilu J .; Munteanu, Gabriel; Munteanu, Gaveile
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian Romance philologist, Romanist, lexicographer, grammarian and translator
DATE OF BIRTH February 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Vingard
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1869
Place of death Brașov