Georges-Frédéric Burguy
Georges-Frédéric Burguy (* 1823 ; † 1866 ) was a French Romanist and Medievalist who worked in Berlin.
Life
Burguy was a French teacher at the Naval School in Berlin. He published one of the first grammars of Old French :
- Grammaire de la langue d'Oil or Grammaire des dialectes français aux XIIe et XIIIe siècles . Suivie d'un Glossaire contenant tous les mots de l'ancienne langue qui se trouvent dans l'ouvrage, Leipzig 1853 (410 pages), Munich 2011; Berlin / Paris 1856; 2nd edition, 3 volumes, Berlin / Paris 1869–1870, 1882; Geneva 1977
The grammar is preceded by a brief history of French philology. Burguy names the grammatical works of Gustave Fallot (1939) and August Fuchs (1840) as sources for the grammar . He is aware of his superiority over the first grammar of Old French by Konrad von Orelli (1830).
Other works
- (Ed. With Ludwig Herrig ) La France littéraire. Morceaux choisis de littérature française ancienne et modern, recueillis et annotés, Braunschweig 1856, 1858, 1860; 49th edition, 1908
- Collection of French idioms, idiotisms and proverbs with attached German texts, after Karl Philipp Bonafont [1778–1848], Berlin 1859
Web links
- Literature by and about Georges-Frédéric Burguy in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Georges-Frédéric Burguy in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burguy, Georges-Frédéric |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Romanist and Medievalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1823 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1866 |