Hugo Albert Rennert

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Hugo Albert Rennert (born May 6, 1858 in Philadelphia , † December 31, 1927 there ) was an American Romanist and Hispanist .

life and work

Rennert first studied engineering and law and worked as an engineer and lawyer. Then he switched to philology. In 1885 the University of Pennsylvania hired him as an instructor for French and German. He went to Europe, studied with Karl Vollmöller in Göttingen in 1891 and received his doctorate in Freiburg with Gottfried Baist in 1892 with the work The Spanish Pastoral Romances (Baltimore 1892, Philadelphia 1912, New York 1968). From 1895 he was professor of Romance philology at his home university.

In 1912 he was elected as Comendador to the Orden de Isabel la Católica . In 1914 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the law faculty of his university.

Other works

  • (Ed.) The Spanish Cancionero des Brit. Mus. (MS.ADD.10431), Erlangen 1895 (Romance research)
  • (Ed.) Miguel Sánchez, La isla bárbara and La guarda cuidadosa, Two comedias, Boston / Halle as 1896
  • (Ed.) Guillén de Castro, Ingratitud por amor, Philadelphia 1899
  • Macias, o Namorado. A galician trovador, Philadelphia 1900
  • The life of Lope de Vega (1562-1635), Glasgow / Philadelphia 1904, New York 1937, 1968 (Spanish Madrid 1919, Salamanca 1969)
  • The Spanish stage in the time of Lope de Vega, New York 1909, 1967
  • (Ed.) Farça a manera de tragedia, Valladolid 1914
  • Bibliography of the dramatic works of Lope de Vega Carpio based upon the catalog of John Rutter Chorley , New York / Paris 1915
  • (Ed.) Selections from the Novelas ejemplares. La gitanilla and El licenciado Vidriera, New York 1918

literature

  • Miguel Romera-Navarro, [Obituary] in: Hispania, March 1928 (with list of publications)
  • James Pyle Wickersham Crawford, [Obituary] in: Romanic Review 19, 1928, pp. 94-95
  • James Pyle Wickersham Crawford, [Obituary] in: Revue Hispanique 74, 1928, pp. 261-280
  • The letters of James Fitzmaurice-Kelly to Hugo Albert Rennert, ed. by James Pyle Wickersham Crawford in: Revue Hispanique 74, 1928, pp. 281-344
  • [Obituary] in: Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 5, 1928, pp. 159-160

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personal data
SURNAME Rennert, Hugo Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rennert, Hugo; Rennert, Hugo. A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Romance philologist and Hispanist
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1927
Place of death Philadelphia