Heinrich Breitinger

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Heinrich Breitinger (born March 11, 1832 in Ellikon an der Thur ; † March 2, 1889 in Zurich ) was a Swiss literary historian and philologist .

Life

Heinrich Breitinger was the last member of the Breitinger family, which goes back to Johann Jakob Breitinger , and was born on March 11, 1832 as the son of pastor Johann Heinrich Breitinger in Ellikon. From 1844 he attended a grammar school in his hometown, but already four years later he switched to a school in Erlangen because he couldn't cope with classes in Zurich. He then studied medicine , but injured his right hand in a duel , so that he dropped out and studied the newer languages. He spent the time in Zurich , Basel , Lausanne and London , and in 1857 he finally became a teacher at the canton school in Frauenfeld for French and English . 19 years later he was appointed full professor of modern languages ​​at the University of Zurich . There he taught until his death on March 2, 1889 at the age of 56.

In addition to English and French, Breitinger had a good command of Italian . He also participated in the General German Biography with three articles.

Publications

  • Aphorisms on French grammar (Frauenfeld 1861)
  • The French translators of the ancients in the 16th century (Frauenfeld 1865)
  • The French grammarians to Vaugelas (Frauenfeld 1867)
  • Translation by Mármols Amalia (three volumes; Jena 1873)
  • Translations from Petronius (Stuttgart 1874)
  • The Rambouillet Salon (Frauenfeld 1874)
  • The Mediators of the German Spirit in France (Zurich 1876)
  • Les trois unités d'Aristote (Geneva 1879)
  • From recent literature (Zurich 1879)

literature

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Breitinger, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss literary historian and philologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Ellikon on the Thur
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1889
Place of death Zurich