Theodoro Henrique Maurer

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Theodoro Henrique Maurer (born May 13, 1906 in Cosmópolis , São Paulo (federal state) , † 1979 in São Paulo ) was a Brazilian Romanist and Lusitanist of Swiss descent.

life and work

Maurer's parents emigrated from Zurich to Brazil in 1898 , but then went temporarily to the United States, so that he grew up there until 1911, later in Sumaré . He studied at the seminary of the Presbyterian Church of Brazil and from 1930 taught English and Latin in Franca and São Paulo, then exegesis and biblical archeology at the Theological Faculty of the Presbyterians. From 1938 to 1940 he studied Romance Philology at the University of São Paulo , taught there and received his doctorate in 1944 with the thesis A morfologia ea sintaxe do genitivo latino. Estudo historic (São Paulo 1948). From 1945 to 1946 he studied with a Rockefeller Scholarship at Yale University and then taught again in São Paulo. In 1951 he completed his habilitation there with the thesis O Unidade da România ocidental (São Paulo 1951) and was professor of Romance Philology there from 1952 until his retirement in 1973.

Other works

  • Dois problemas da līngua portuguesa, o infinito pessoal eo pronome se , São Paulo 1951
  • Gramática do latim vulgar , Rio de Janeiro 1959
  • A democracia integral; o que ela deve ser e como podemos ajudar a construí-la , São Paulo 1960
  • O problema do latim vulgar , Rio de Janeiro 1962
  • O cooperativismo, uma economia humana , São Paulo 1966
  • O infinito flexionado português. Estudo histórico-descritivo , São Paulo 1968

literature

  • Miscelânea de estudos dedicados ao professor Theodoro Henrique Maurer Júnior , Marilia 1973
  • In memoriam Professor Theodoro Henrique Maurer Jr. (1906–1979), in: Cadernos de Estudos Lingüísticos ( Campinas ) 2, 1981, pp. 5–7 (n.v., Portuguese)

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personal data
SURNAME Mason, Theodoro Henrique
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian Romanist and Lusitanist of Swiss descent
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Cosmópolis , São Paulo (State)
DATE OF DEATH 1979
Place of death São Paulo