Walter Olof Streng-Renkonen

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Walter Olof Streng-Renkonen (born June 19, 1876 in Mikkeli , † July 16, 1959 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish Germanist, Romanist , Italianist, linguist and lexicographer.

life and work

Walter Olof Streng received his doctorate from the University of Helsinki in 1907 with the thesis H aus und Hof in French with a special focus on dialects. Attempt of an onomasiological study (Helsinki 1907). From 1925 to 1942 he was a lecturer at the University of Turku , and from 1942 until his retirement in 1946 he was associate professor for Romance linguistics.

From 1940, Streng changed his name to Renkonen, but also used the combination of both names.

Strict-Renkonen was the brother of the medical professor Oswald Renkonen (1872–1951).

Works

  • Sky and Weather in Popular Faith and Language in France , 2 vols., Helsinki 1914–1916
  • (Ed.) Les Estampies françaises , Paris 1930
  • (Ed.) Joufrois. Roman français du XIIIe siècle , Turku 1930
  • (with Adolf Wilhelm Rankka), German-Finnish dictionary = Saksalais-Suomalainen sanakirja , Porvoo / Leipzig 1918, 1925, 1931, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1952
  • (with Elna Renkonen) Saksalais-suomalainen pienois-sanakirja , Helsinki / Leipzig 1941
  • Latinasta ranskaan (Miten ranskankieli Muodostuu) , Porvoo 1942 ("From Latin to French")
  • Sur l'origine des gallicismes , Turku 1948
  • (with Roberto Wis ) Italialais-suomalainen sanakirja = Dizionario italiano-finnico , Porvoo 1950

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personal data
SURNAME Streng-Renkonen, Walter Olof
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Streng, Walter O .; Streng-Renkonen, Walter O .; Renkonen, WO; Renkonen, Walter O.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish Germanist, Romanist, Italianist, linguist and lexicographer
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Mikkeli
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 1959
Place of death Helsinki