Leo Meyer (Linguist)
Leo Karl Heinrich Meyer (born July 3, 1830 in Bledeln , † June 6, 1910 in Göttingen ) was a German linguist and Russian State Councilor.
Life
Leo Meyer attended the lyceum in Hanover from 1844 to 1848 and the grammar school in Holzminden from 1848 to 1849 . From 1849 to 1852 he studied philology with Theodor Benfey in Göttingen , where he also became a member of the Corps Brunsviga . In 1856 he completed his habilitation, in 1862 he became associate professor . In 1865 he followed the call to the Imperial University of Dorpat and took over the chair for German and comparative linguistics. Nikolai Anderson , Leopold von Schroeder and Peter von Bradke were among his students in Dorpat . Meyer was an assessor since 1861 and a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences since 1865 . In 1877 he was appointed Imperial Russian Real State Councilor. From 1869 to 1899 Meyer was president of the Estonian learned society , from which he received honorary membership in 1894. In 1896 Meyer and his cousin Wolfgang Schlueter became an honorary philistine of Estonia . Released from his office in Dorpat in January 1899, he later went to ord. Honorary professor back to Göttingen.
Works
- The infinitive of the Homeric language, a contribution to its history in Greek . Goettingen 1856.
- Notes on the Ancient History of Greek Mythology . Goettingen 1856.
- Comparative grammar of the Greek and Latin languages , 2 volumes. Göttingen 1861–1865.
- About the inflection of adjectives in German . Goettingen 1863.
- About the family names occurring in Dorpat. 1868. ( digitized version )
- The Gothic language. Your phonetic design, especially in relation to ancient Indian, Greek and Latin . Goettingen 1869.
- Livonian rhyming chronicle . Paderborn 1876.
- Handbook of Greek Etymology , 4 volumes. Leipzig 1901/1902.
literature
- Bernhard Forssman: Meyer, Leo. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 363 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Wolfgang Schlueter : Nekrolog: Prof. Dr. Leo Meyer. In: Meeting reports of the Estonian learned society in Dorpat 1910. Estonian learned society , Jurjew-Dorpat , 1911, pp. 167–172.
- Roderich von Engelhardt: The German University of Dorpat in its intellectual historical significance . Franz Kluge Reval 1933 (reprint 1969). Pp. 359-361
Web links
- Literature by and about Leo Meyer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Leo Meyer in the German Digital Library
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Leo Meyer. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Leo Meyer. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- ^ A b Erika Kärner: Meyer, Leo Karl Heinrich. In: Christoph König (Ed.), With the assistance of Birgit Wägenbaur u. a .: Internationales Germanistenlexikon 1800–1950 . Volume 2: H-Q. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-015485-4 , pp. 1217-1218.
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 41/412.
- ^ Bernhard Forssman: Meyer, Leo. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 363 f. ( Digitized version ).
- ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 168.
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SURNAME | Meyer, Leo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meyer, Leo Karl Heinrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German linguist and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 3, 1830 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bledeln |
DATE OF DEATH | June 6, 1910 |
Place of death | Goettingen |