Johann Joseph Hoffmann
Johann Joseph Hoffmann (born February 16, 1805 in Würzburg , † January 23, 1878 in The Hague ) was a German philologist and well-known expert on the Chinese and Japanese languages .
Hoffmann studied philology in Würzburg and then turned to Holland, where he studied the Chinese and Japanese languages. As a result, he was appointed honorary professor of the languages mentioned at the University of Leiden on March 21, 1855 . He died in The Hague on January 23, 1878.
Of his publications, the Catalogus librorum et manuscriptorum japonicorum (Leiden 1845) and the Japanese language theory (Leiden 1877; addendum: Japanese Studies , 1878) are to be emphasized.
He joined forces with the natural scientist Philipp Franz von Siebold to publish the extensive work Nippon. Archive describing Japan and its neighboring and protected countries: Jezo with the southern Kuriles, Krafto, Koorai and the Liukiu Islands, edited from Japanese and European writings and own observations. Leiden 1832-1851 (20 sections).
literature
- Franz Babinger: Johann Josef Hoffmann, Professor of East Asian Languages, 1805-1878 . Munich u. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1919.
- Reinhard Kammer: Hoffmann, Johann Joseph. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 426 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by Johann Joseph Hoffmann in the catalog of the SWB, South West German Library Association
- Catalog of Chinese matrices and printing-types founded in the Netherlands ... , Leiden, 1876, E-Book of the University Library Vienna ( eBooks on Demand )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoffmann, Johann Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Japanologist, philosophical writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wurzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 1878 |
| Place of death | The hague |