Michael Deffner

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Michael Deffner

Joseph Michael Deffner ( Greek Μιχαήλ Δέφνερ , born September 18, 1848 in Donauwörth ; † October 15, 1934 in Athens ) was a German classical philologist and linguist who devoted himself particularly to the study of the Tsakonian dialect .

After studying Classical Philology and Linguistics in Munich and Leipzig , Deffner went to Athens as a Latin teacher in 1871 . From 1872 to 1878 he was a private lecturer in comparative linguistics at the University of Athens . On behalf of the Berlin Academy of Sciences , he traveled to the Peloponnese from 1874 to study the Maniotic and Tsakonian dialects . Apart from a few archaeological works, he kept returning to the Peloponnese to research tsakonic. In the summer of 1876 he was sent from the Berlin Academy to Trebizond to study Pontic . From 1877 to 1910 he was director of the Greek National Library in Athens.

He carried out archaeological excavations on the Methana peninsula and Skyros . Among other things, he described an ancient "divine throne" from the Throni plateau on Methana. He published his research results mainly in the Athenische Mitteilungen . The photographic documentation about Methana is now partially stored in the German Archaeological Institute in Athens .

Deffner was editor of the archive for Middle and Modern Greek philology , the journal Bezzenberger's contributions and the German-Greek newspaper Νέα Ελλάς .

Deffner is an honorary citizen of Leonidi in the Peloponnese .

Works

  • Neograeca . Dissertation University of Leipzig 1871.
  • Zakonische Grammar , Vol. 1. Berlin 1881.
  • Η χλωρίς της Τσακωνιάς. Τυπογραφική Εταιρία Χρίστου & Σια, Αθήνα 1922 (Βασιλική Γεωργική Εταιρία, Γεωπονική Βιβλιοθήκη, aριθ. 2) online . - ("The flora of Tsakonia")
  • Λεξικόν τής Τσακωνικής διάλεκτου . Athens 1923. - ("Lexicon of the Tsakonian Dialect")
  • Curriculum vitae , in: Communications from the historical association for Donauwörth and the surrounding area 1997, pp. 90–91.
  • My scientific career in brief (1881) , in: Communications of the historical association for Donauwörth and the surrounding area 1997, pp. 92–93.
  • My official scientific work during the 56 years of my life in Greece (1871–1927) , in: Mitteilungen des Historische Verein für Donauwörth and its surroundings 1997, pp. 94–111.
  • My exile to Skyros and Crete (1917–1919) , in: Communications of the historical association for Donauwörth and the surrounding area 1997, pp. 112–113.

literature

  • Otto M. Deffner: Michael Deffner (1848-1934). The Hellenist, the Graecophile, the Greek , in: Communications of the historical association for Donauwörth and the surrounding area 1997, pp. 5–11.
  • Πβ. Θαν. Π. Κωστάκης: Προσθήκες και διορθώσεις στη Χλωρίδα της Τσακωνιάς του Μιχαήλ Δέφνερ . In: Mélanges offerts à Octave et Melpo Merlier, I. Αθήνα 1956, pp. 133–156. - ("Additions and corrections in the fauna of Tsakonia Michael Deffner")
  • Ottmar Seuffert: The Greece researcher Dr. Michael Deffner in the mirror of his letters (1871–1891) , in: Mitteilungen des Historische Verein für Donauwörth and its surroundings 1997, pp. 12–48.
  • Jutta Stroszeck : The linguist Michael Deffner as an archaeologist , in: Communications of the historical association for Donauwörth and the surrounding area 1997, pp. 49-89.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Εγκυκλοπαίδεια Μείζονος Ελληνισμού, sv Παρχαρίδης Ιωάννης, online
  2. ↑ Donauwörther Zeitung, July 13, 2009: On the trail of a scholar
personal data
SURNAME Deffner, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Deffner, Joseph Michael (full name); Δέφνερ, Μιχαήλ (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist, linguist
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Donauwörth
DATE OF DEATH October 15, 1934
Place of death Athens