Werner Betz (philologist)
Werner August Josef Betz (born September 1, 1912 in Frankfurt / Main ; † July 13, 1980 in Munich ) was a German German and Scandinavian medievalist and linguist . He was professor for German and Nordic Philology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich .
Betz received his doctorate in 1936 with Hans Naumann with the dissertation " The Influence of Latin on German Linguistics ". The following year he became a member of the NSDAP . In 1939 he had a research assignment in the SS Ahnenerbe research project " Forest and Tree in Aryan-Germanic Spiritual and Cultural History ".
From 1937 to 1940 he was assistant to Theodor Frings at the Old High German Dictionary in Leipzig with the help of a grant from the German Research Foundation . In 1940 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht and served in the Navy until 1945 .
literature
- Christina Bürger: Betz, Werner. In: Christoph König (Ed.), With the assistance of Birgit Wägenbaur u. a .: Internationales Germanistenlexikon 1800–1950 . Volume 1: A-G. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003 [Reprint 2011], ISBN 978-3-11-090805-3 , pp. 169–170 (for a fee from de Gruyter ).
Web links
- Entry on Werner Betz at the German Academy for Language and Poetry
- Publications by Werner Betz in the OPAC of the Regesta imperii
- Literature by and about Werner Betz in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Betz, Werner |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Betz, Werner August Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medievalist and linguist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 13, 1980 |
| Place of death | Munich |