Karl Luick
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Karl Luick (born January 27, 1865 in Floridsdorf , today part of Vienna , † September 20, 1935 in Vienna) was an Austrian English student .
Life
Karl Luick studied English with Jakob Schipper , German with Richard Heinzel and French with Adolf Mussafia at the University of Vienna , where he received his doctorate sub auspiciis Imperatoris in 1889 and his habilitation in English philology in 1891 . In the years 1890/1891 Karl Luick went on a study trip through England and France , after which he was a private teacher. In 1898 Luick was given a full professorship at the University of Graz, and in 1908 at the University of Vienna. In 1915 he became a full member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences . On July 3, 1925, Karl Luick received an appointment to a newly created second chair for English studies at the Berlin Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität . In 1926 he was rector of the University of Vienna. Luick was also a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences .
He pioneered the history of the English language.
Honors
- In 1935 Luick received the Commander's Cross of the Austrian Order of Merit
- In 1953 the Luickgasse in Vienna-Donaustadt was named after him.
Publications
- Historical grammar of the English language , 2 volumes
literature
- Gero Bauer: Luick, Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 498 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Herbert Koziol : Luick Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 358 f. (Direct links on p. 358 , p. 359 ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Luick in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Karl Luick in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Holdings in the catalogs of the Austrian National Library Vienna
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c A second chair for English studies (with a brief biography of Luick) . In: Vossische Zeitung , July 3, 1925, evening edition, p. 2.
- ↑ Awards and honors. In: Neues Wiener Journal , August 9, 1935, p. 10 (online at ANNO ).
1. Chair of Literary Studies: Karl Luick (1898–1908) | Alois Pogatscher (1908–1911) | Albert Eichler (1911–1944) | Herbert Koziol (1944–1961) | Franz Karl Stanzel (1962–1993) | Werner Wolf (since 1994)
2. Chair of Linguistics I: Hans Ernst Pinsker (1967–1970) | Wolfgang Viereck (1973–1978) | Alwin Fill (1980-2008) | Catharina Henrica Elisabeth Mennen (since 2015)
3. Chair of Linguistics II: Wolfgang Riehle (1973–2006) | Daniela Wawra (2009-2010) | Remus Gergel (2012–2016) | Gunther Kaltenböck (since 2019)
4th Chair for Subject Didactics I: Sarah Jane Mercer (since 2015)
5th Chair of Didactics II: Elizabeth Erling (since 2017)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Luick, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Anglicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Floridsdorf (Vienna district) |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 20, 1935 |
| Place of death | Vienna |