Gustav Thurau

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Gustav Thurau (born March 3, 1863 in Tilsit , † July 7, 1918 in Greifswald ) was a German Romanist .

life and work

Thurau received his doctorate in 1899 under Alfons Kissner at the Albertus University in Königsberg with the work suggested by Carl Appel Contributions to the history and characteristics of the refrain in the [sic] French chanson (Weimar 1899, expanded to Der Refrain in der [sic] French chanson. Contributions on the history and characteristics of the French kehrreims , Berlin 1901, Nendeln 1977, XXV / 494 p.). He completed his habilitation with Kissner's successor Eduard Koschwitz († 1904), was a private lecturer in Königsberg, then went to Greifswald , where he was Professor of Romance Philology from 1913 to 1918 as the successor to Edmund Stengel, an intimate of Koschwitz . Alfons Hilka followed him .

Other works

  • E. T. H. Hoffmann's stories in France. In: Festschrift for the seventieth birthday of Oskar Schades . Königsberg 1896, pp. 239-289.
  • [Editor:] Eduard Koschwitz: Instructions for studying French philology for students and teachers. 2nd Edition. Marburg 1900. [4. Edition: 1912].
  • [Together with Max Kaluza :] Eduard Koschwitz. In: Magazine for French and English teaching. Volume 3 (1904), pp. 385-432.
  • Historical French syntax 1896–1910. In: Critical annual report on the progress of Romance philology. Volume 11 (1911), pp. 344-406.
  • Sing and say. A contribution to the history of poetic expression. Berlin 1912.
  • The women's studies at the University of Greifswald. A statistical report based on official records. Greifswald 1912.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data (PDF file; 176 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Thurau, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Romanist
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Tilsit
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 1918
Place of death Greifswald