Walter F. Schirmer
Walter Franz Schirmer (born December 18, 1888 in Düsseldorf , † March 22, 1984 in Bonn ) was a German philologist and professor of English .
Life
After attending and finishing high school in Konstanz , he studied modern languages in Heidelberg , Munich , Berlin , Bonn , Oxford and in Freiburg im Breisgau . In 1912 he obtained his doctorate.
In Bucharest , after completing his studies, he took up a position as a senior teacher at the German School. When he returned to Freiburg in 1919, he switched to higher education. He then went to the University of Freiburg as a lecturer, and then from 1923 to teaching there as a private lecturer.
From 1925 he was full professor at the University of Bonn . He then accepted a position at the University of Tübingen in 1929. He then taught from 1932 as the successor to Alois Brandl at the University of Berlin . In 1943 Schirmer became a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .
After the end of the war, he returned to the University of Bonn in 1946. In 1948 he became a member of the Working Group for Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia , from which the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts emerged in 1970. From 1952 to 1965 he was co-editor of the English journal Anglia . He also belonged to the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin and the German Academy for Language and Poetry in Darmstadt .
Awards
Fonts
- The most recent English novel , 1923
- Antiquity, Renaissance and Puritanism , 1924
- History of English Literature , 1937
- Influence of English literature on German , 1947
- John Lydgate , A 15th Century Culture Image , 1952
- The early depictions of Arthurstoff , 1958
- Early English Humanism , 1963
- Brief History of English Literature , 1964
- History of English and American Literature , 1968
literature
- Karl Heinz Göller: Schirmer, Walter Franz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 8 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Walter Habel, who is who? , Lübeck 1970
Web links
- Literature by and about Walter F. Schirmer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Walter F. Schirmer's estate in the ULB Bonn
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schirmer, Walter F. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schirmer, Walter Franz (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1984 |
| Place of death | Bonn |