Richard Mummendey
Richard Mummendey (born July 14, 1900 in Angelsdorf, today part of Elsdorf (Rhineland) ; † September 24, 1978 in Bad Kissingen , Lower Franconia ) was a German librarian , book scholar, author, translator and editor .
Life
Mummendey was a German librarian and book scholar. Since 1962 he was the deputy director of the Bonn University Library .
He was also known as a translator from English and American. So he transferred z. B. Works by Robert Louis Stevenson ( " Treasure Island " , 1967), Herman Melville ( " Moby Dick " , 1964; " Benito Cereno " ) and Charles Dickens in German. He also translated the first edition of Jonathan Swift's " Gulliver's Travels in Ferne Land" ( Gutenberg Book Guild , 1952).
Works (selection)
- From books and libraries , Verlag Buchgemeinde, Bonn 1950
- The beautiful literature of the United States of America in German translations . H. Bouvier Publishing House, 1961
- The librarians of the academic service of the Bonn University Library, 1818-1968 . In: “Bonn Contributions to Library and Book Studies”, Volume 19, Pages 136-138. Publisher H. Bouvier, Bonn 1968
literature
- Johannes Buder: Mummendey, Richard. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 583 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Richard Mummendey in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mummendey, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German librarian, book scholar, author, translator and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Angelsdorf, today part of Elsdorf (Rhineland) |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 24, 1978 |
| Place of death | Bad Kissingen , Lower Franconia |