Oskar Erdmann
Oskar Erdmann (born February 14, 1846 in Thorn ; † June 13, 1895 in Kiel ) was a German specialist in German .
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He was born in Thorn in 1846 as the son of a priest. Erdmann began to study classical and Germanic philology at the University of Leipzig in 1863 , later he switched to the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin . In 1867 he received his doctorate on the syntax of Pindar at the University of Königsberg . In the years from 1874 to 1876 his study of the Otfrid language appeared . Thereupon the Otfrid edition in the Germanistic reference library was transferred to him. Erdmann completed his habilitation in Königsberg in 1883 and went to Breslau in 1885 . Here he completed the first sketches for his volume on the basics of German syntax and went to Kiel University as a professor , where he took over the management of the magazine for German philology together with Gering. In addition, he was assigned to work on the Grimm dictionary . He also dealt with old German metrics and grammar, with Middle High German poetry, Klopstock , Lessing , Goethe and Schiller .
He died in 1895 at the age of 49.
literature
- Wolfgang Golther: Erdmann, Oskar . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 48, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, p. 391 f.
- Gering, magazine for German philology 28, 228 ff. - Wunderlich
- general newspaper 1895, Beil. No. 167 - A. Ludwich, Memories of Oskar Erdmann, in the Festschrift z. 70
- Memories of Oskar Erdmann, in the Festschrift z. 70 birthdays of O. Schade's 1896, p. 153 ff.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Erdmann, Oskar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Germanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thorn |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1895 |
| Place of death | Kiel |