Hanns Oertel
Hanns Oertel (born April 20, 1868 in Geithain ; † February 7, 1952 in Munich ) was a German Indologist .
Life
He visited in Plauen and Meissen the school . After the death of his father, he immigrated to the United States and studied at Yale University , where he in 1890 with a thesis on Horace ( De cottidiani sermonis in Q. Horatii Flacci sermonibus vestigiis ) doctorate , linguistics and Sanskrit at William Dwight Whitney . In 1896 appointed Professor of Linguistics and Comparative Philology . In 1920 he became a private lecturer in Basel and in 1922 professor in Marburg . From 1925 to 1935 he taught as a professor for Aryan philology at the University of Munich .
He specialized in Vedic prose (syntax).
In 1912 Oertel was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Fonts (selection)
- On Indian apologetics . Stuttgart 1930, OCLC 613319989 .
- To Kapisthala-Katha-Samhitā . Munich 1934, OCLC 898815224 .
- On the word order variants of the mantras of the Atharvaveda in the S'aunaka and Paipalada reviews and of the Sāmaveda in the Kauthuma and Jaiminiya reviews . Munich 1940, OCLC 462562454 .
- The dative words final abstract nouns and other examples of nominal sentence formation in Vedic prose . Munich 1941, OCLC 715189429 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oertel, Hanns |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Indologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geithain |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th February 1952 |
| Place of death | Munich |