Gertrude Schoepperle

Gertrude Schoepperle (born July 15, 1882 in Oil City , Pennsylvania, † December 11, 1921 in Poughkeepsie , New York (state) ) was an American Romance philologist and Celtologist of German descent.

life and work

Gertrude Schoepperle studied at Wellesley College , Radcliffe College , then in Munich, Paris (with Ferdinand Lot , Joseph Bédier and Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville ), and in Dublin. She received her PhD from Radcliffe College in 1909 with parts of the work Tristan and Isolt. A study of the sources of the romance (Frankfurt a. M./London 1913, New York 1960, 1963, 1970). From 1912 to 1913 she taught German at New York University , from 1911 to 1919 she taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , where she failed with a Celtology project. From 1919 to 1921 she taught French at Vassar College .

Gertrude Schoepperle was married to Roger Sherman Loomis from August 1919 until her death .

(Ed. With Andrew O'Kelleher) Betha Colaim chille. Life of Columcille, compiled by Manus O'Donnell in 1532, Urbana, Ill. 1918, Dublin 1994
(Translator with Myrrha Lot-Borodine) Lancelot et Galaad mis en nouveau langage, New York 1926

Medieval studies in memory of Gertrude Schoepperle Loomis, Paris 1927, Geneva 1974

personal data
SURNAME	Schoepperle, Gertrude
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Loomis, Gertrude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American Medievalist, Romance Studies and Celtologist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 15, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oil City , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH	December 11, 1921
Place of death	Poughkeepsie , New York