Max friend

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Max Friedrich Ernst Freund (born February 27, 1879 in Hainichen , Saxony ; † June 16, 1980 in Houston , Texas ) was an American German studies scholar and university professor of German origin.

Life

Family and education

Born in Hainichen, Max Freund, son of Friedrich Wilhelm Freund and his wife Augusta Laura, née Heidel, graduated from the Städtisches Realgymnasium Leipzig, immediately turned to studying German, Romance and English at the University of Leipzig and at the Sorbonne , acquired in 1902 he obtained the academic degree of Dr. phil.

On July 28, 1927, Max Freund married the engineering daughter Anna Regine nee Keck. The daughters Helene Hasel Heidi and Margarete Anna Regina came from this marriage. Max Freund died in Houston , Texas in June 1980 at the age of 101 .

Professional background

After completing his studies, Max Freund took on a position as Assistant Lecturer in German at University College in Liverpool in England , in 1903 the only 24-year-old was appointed Professor of Modern Languages at Queen's College in Belfast , which was renamed Queen's University Belfast in 1908, In 1909 he switched to the Professorship of German and Teutonic Philology . After participating in the First World War for a year , Max Freund returned to Germany in 1915, where he was given a position as a lecturer in English at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen , and in 1917 he moved to the Philipps University in Marburg in the same position .

In 1925, Max Freund accepted an offer from Rice University for a professorship in German . Freund, who also headed the German Department there , retired in September 1947 . Max Freund, who was particularly involved in the German-American Societies of Houston , completed his translation and edition of Gustav Dresel 's Houston Journal in his retirement .

Publications

author

  • The Moral Tales of Marmontel ; a widespread collection of short stories, their genesis, characteristics and bibliography, inaugural dissertation , M. Niemeyer, Halle a. d. S., 1905
  • Escaped the English ..., R. Kühn, Leipzig, 1914–1915
  • The national anthems of the Irish, Elwert, Marburg, 1920
  • The university lectureships for modern foreign languages, their expansion and enhancement, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, Berlin, 1922

translator

  • together with Clara Barth: George Moore , Die Wildgans, in: Insel-Bücherei, No. 343, Insel-Verlag, Leipzig, 1922

editor

  • The Freund'sche Chronik von Lucka, the fate of a small German town in the century of the 30 Years War, K. Richter, Leipzig, 1933
  • Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais , Le barbier de Séville: ou, La précaution inutile: comédie en quatre actes, Macmillan, Lonson, 1947
  • Gustav Dresel's Houston Journal: Adventures in North America and Texas 1837-1841, University of Texas Press, Austin, 1954

literature

  • Gerhard Lüdtke (Hrsg.), Werner Schuder (Hrsg.), Joseph Kürschner (Hrsg.): Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 1928/29. 3rd edition, De Gruyter, Berlin 1929, ISBN 3-1110-7168-5 , Sp. 587, 588.
  • MA Dr. phil. Max Freund, em. Professor of German at Rice University in Houston, Texas / USA, celebrated his 85th birthday on February 27, 1964, in: Journal for Cultural Exchange, Volumes 14-15, Institute for Foreign Relations, Stuttgart, 1964, p. 127.
  • International Biographical Research Corporation: Who's Who in Texas Today, Pemberton Press., Austin, 1968, p. 157.
  • Who was who in America. : volume VII, 1977-1981 with world notables , Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1981, p. 207.
  • Andreas Reichstein: German pioneers on the American frontier: the Wagners in Texas and Illinois, University of North Texas Press, Denton, Tex., 2001, p. 241.

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personal data
SURNAME Friend, max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Freund, Max Friedrich Ernst (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American German studies scholar and university professor of German origin
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Hainichen , Saxony
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1980
Place of death Houston , Texas