Salomon Lefmann
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Salomon Lefmann (born December 25, 1831 in Telgte , Westphalia , † January 14, 1912 in Heidelberg ) was a German philologist .
Lefmann attended the Jewish school in his hometown. He studied at the Universities of Münster , Heidelberg , Berlin and Paris (doctorate in Berlin 1864). During his studies in Heidelberg in 1861 he became a member of the Frankonia Heidelberg fraternity . In 1866 he became a private lecturer and in 1870 an associate professor for Sanskrit in Heidelberg.
He was also involved in the German spelling reform as well as in the Jewish community and was also president of the Zedaka poor welfare association .
Fonts
- De Aristotelis in Hominum Educatione Principiis , Berlin 1864
- August Schleicher , Leipzig 1870
- About German spelling , Lüderitz, Berlin 1871, ( digitized )
- as translator: Lalita Vistara . Story of the life and teaching of Çâkya Sim̃ha. First translated into German from the original Sanskrit and Gâthâdialect and provided with factual explanations. Dümmler, Berlin 1874, digitized
- History of ancient India , Berlin 1879–90, ( general history in individual representations ) digitized
- Franz Bopp , 2 vols., Berlin 1891–97
- as editor: Lalita Vistara. Life and teaching of Çâkya-Buddha. Text output with list of variants, meters and words. 2 vols. Halle an der Saale, Verlag der Buchhandlung des orphanage 1902, 1908. Reprint: Meicho-Fukyu-Kai, Tokyo 1977
- Vol. 1: Text. 1902
- Vol. 2: List of variants, meters and words. 1908, digitized
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm: Lefmann, Salomon. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-428-00195-8 , p. 56 f. ( Digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Directory of members of the Frankonia fraternity in Heidelberg. 1956-1966. Heidelberg 1966, p. 10.
Web links
Commons : Salomon Lefmann - Collection of images, videos and audio files
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lefmann, Salomon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Telgte , Westphalia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1912 |
| Place of death | Heidelberg |