Sten Bodvar Liljegren

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Sten Bodvar Liljegren (born May 8, 1885 in Orrefors , Sweden , † December 30, 1984 ) was a Swedish Anglicist .

Life

Liljegren received his doctorate from Lund University , where he taught English from 1918 . In Lund in 1924 he published the international humanist magazine Li'tteris .

From 1926 to 1939 he was professor of English philology at the University of Greifswald and there director of the English seminar. The main focus of Liljegren's activity was the newer English and American literature . He interrupted his time in Greifswald in 1930/31 with a one-year visiting professorship at Columbia University in the United States . Liljegren was co-editor of the book series Greifswald Contributions to Literature and Style Research , which appeared from 1933 to 1940.

In 1939 Liljegren accepted a call to Uppsala University . After the Second World War, when he had already retired , he taught again in Greifswald from 1954 to 1957, as a visiting professor at his old chair.

literature

  • Käthe Kluth : History of the English Institute. In: Festschrift for the 500th anniversary of the University of Greifswald. Volume 2. Greifswald 1956, pp. 199-204.
  • Elisabeth Römer: Sten Bodvar Liljegren 1885–1984 . In: Pomerania. Art history folklore. No. 2/1985, p. 36, ISSN  0032-4167 .
  • Meinrad Welker: Lexicon of Greifswalder University Lecturers 1907 to 1932 . Bad Honnef 2004, ISBN 3-87066-931-4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Anja Becker: History of American Studies in Leipzig .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 135 kB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / decwww.rz.uni-leipzig.de  
  2. ↑ Li'tteris . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 38 : Supplement: Riksdagens bibliotek – Öyen; tillägg . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1926, Sp. 1416 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
personal data
SURNAME Liljegren, Sten Bodvar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish Anglicist
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Orrefors , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1984