Paul Lehmann (classical philologist)

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Paul Lehmann (born July 13, 1884 in Braunschweig , † January 4, 1964 in Munich ) was a German classical philologist .

Life

Paul Lehmann was the son of the businessman Gustav Lehmann and his wife Louisa Meyer. After attending school in his hometown Lehmann started at the university in Göttingen to study. Already in the first semester he was noticed by the historian Karl Brandi , who sent him to his colleague, the philologist Ludwig Traube at the University of Munich . Lehmann successfully completed his studies in 1908 with a dissertation on Franciscus Modius . Funded and supported by Traube, Lehmann was largely occupied with researching and indexing medieval library catalogs from winter 1907. This project kept Lehmann busy until the end of his life. In 1911 Lehmann completed his habilitation with a thesis on Johannes Sichard . In 1913 Lehmann married Gertrud, a daughter of the Braunschweig high school professor and historian Ludwig Viereck, in Braunschweig . With her he had two daughters; the later head of the Bavarian State Chancellery , Rainer Keßler , was his son-in-law. In 1917 Lehmann was appointed professor for Middle Latin Philology. In the same year the Bavarian Academy of Sciences accepted him as an extraordinary member; In 1932 he became a full member. Lehmann was also instrumental in creating the Middle Latin dictionary . From 1953 until his death he was a member of the central management of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica . On November 20, 1959, he was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit. Paul Lehmann died on January 4, 1964 in Munich at the age of 79.

Fonts (selection)

  • Franciscus Modius 1908
  • Apuleius fragments. In: Hermes. Journal of Classical Philology. Volume 49, 1914.
  • Medieval library catalogs in Germany and Switzerland (1918 ff.)
  • The parody in the Middle Ages (1922, 2nd edition 1963)
  • The literary image of Charlemagne mainly in the Latin literature of the Middle Ages (1934)
  • A history of the old Fugger libraries. 2 volumes. Tübingen 1956/1960 (= studies on Fugger history. Volume 12 f.)
  • Pseudo-ancient literature (1927)
  • Gesta Ernesti ducis (1927)
  • Judas Iscarioth (1930)
  • Scandinavian travel fruits (1935/39)

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SURNAME Lehmann, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH 4th January 1964
Place of death Munich