Paul Schröder (philologist)

Paul Schröder (born February 1, 1844 in Elsterwerda , † October 13, 1915 in Jena ) was a German Semitic , orientalist in the diplomatic service and consul general .

Born in Elsterwerda in southern Brandenburg as the son of the local magistrate there, Schröder attended the Latin secondary school in Halle from 1855 to 1862 . Then studied oriental languages in Halle and Berlin . During his studies in 1863 he became a member of the Frankonia Halle fraternity . In 1867 he received his doctorate in Halle with the dissertation "De linguae Pheniciae proprietatibus".

From 1869 to 1882 and 1885 to 1888 he was an embassy interpreter in Constantinople , in between German consul and then Consul General of the German Empire for Syria in Beirut . Schröder traveled through the Orient, doing geographic and archaeological studies. He dealt in particular with old Semitic epigraphy. In 1871 the Greek Philological Society in Constantinople appointed him a full member. In 1909 Schröder retired and lived in Lichterfelde and Jena , where he died in 1915.

Schröder was considered an outstanding expert in the oriental languages ​​and published his work The Phoenician Language in 1869 . In 1870 and 1873 he stayed to study in Cyprus .

Publications (selection)

• De linguae Pheniciae proprietatibus particula prima. Dissertation Halle 1867.
• The Phoenician language. Draft of a grammar, including language and writing samples. Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, Halle 1869. (Reprint: Sendet Reprint 1979, ISBN 3-253-03071-7 .) Full text

literature

• Hans A. Pohlsander:  Schroeder, Paul GA. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 572 ( digitized version ).
• Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 8: Supplement L – Z. Winter, Heidelberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8253-6051-1 , p. 267.