Oskar Keller (linguist)
Oskar Keller (born June 22, 1889 , † August 4, 1945 ) was a Swiss teacher , linguist and dialect researcher.
life and work
Oskar Keller studied Romance studies in Zurich and Rome and received his doctorate in 1916. He then worked as a French and Italian teacher at the Glarisegg Landerziehungsheim , at the Scuola cantonale di commercio di Bellinzona (1919–1924), at the Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz (1924–1928) until 1918. and most recently at the Solothurn Cantonal School .
In addition, from 1927 Keller worked for the Swiss Phonogram Archive . In his scientific oeuvre, Keller's Ticino works essentially covered the fifth decade of his life, while the Franco-Provencal works fall into the earlier and later years.
Keller died with his son on a mountain hike in the Leventina Valley .
Web links
- Jakob Jud : In memoriam Oskar Keller. In: Vox Romanica. Vol. 8, 1945, pp. 283-286.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Keller, Oskar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss teacher, linguist and dialect researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1889 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 4, 1945 |