Jakob Stürzinger

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Johannes Jakob Stürzinger (born December 6, 1853 or 1855 in Wilen bei Neunforn , † June 12, 1903 in Würzburg ) was a Swiss Romance and Medievalist .

life and work

Stürzinger received his doctorate in Zurich with Heinrich Breitinger on conjugation in Romansh (Winterthur 1879), completed his habilitation in Bonn with Wendelin Foerster , was a private lecturer in Bonn until 1885, from 1885 to 1890 professor at Bryn Mawr College in Philadelphia, from 1890 to 1892 private lecturer in Munich , 1892 associate professor for Romance philology in Tübingen for one semester and from 1892 to 1900, as successor to Eduard Mall, full professor of modern philology (Romance and English studies) in Würzburg (successor: Heinrich Schneegans ). Stürzinger died of a nervous disease at the age of 47.

Other works

  • Orthographia Gallica. Oldest treatise on French pronunciation and orthography, edited for the first time after 4 manuscripts. , Heilbronn 1884, reprint Darmstadt 1967, reprint Wiesbaden 1968
  • Le pelerinage de vie humaine de Guillaume de Deguileville . Printed for the Roxburghe club, London 1893
  • Le pelerinage de l'ame de Guillaume de Deguileville . Printed for the Roxburghe club, London 1895
  • Le pelerinage Jhesucrist de Guillaume de Deguileville . Printed for the Roxburghe club, London 1897
  • Hunbaut. Old French Arthurian novel of the 13th century , after Wendelin Foerster's copy of the only Chantilly manuscript for the first time critically edited by Jakob Stürzinger. From his estate, ed. by Hermann Breuer, Halle as 1914

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personal data
SURNAME Stürzinger, Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stürzinger, JJ; Stürzinger, Jacob; Stürzinger, Jacob J .; Stürzinger, Johannes Jakob (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Romanist and Medievalist
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1853 or 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilen at Neunforn
DATE OF DEATH June 12, 1903
Place of death Wurzburg