Wilhelm Brown
Theodor Wilhelm Braune (born February 20, 1850 in Großthiemig , † November 10, 1926 in Heidelberg ) was a German Germanic Medievalist .
Life
Wilhelm Braune went to the University of Leipzig in 1869 , completed his habilitation there in 1874, received an extraordinary professorship in 1877 and worked as a professor of German language and literature in Giessen from 1880 and as professor of Germanic philology at the University of Heidelberg from 1888 . In 1904 he was elected a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , 1909 a full member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences , 1919 a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and 1922 a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences . He is considered an important representative of the young grammarians .
Works
Own writings
- Investigations on Heinrich von Veldeke , Halle / Saale 1873.
- Knowledge of Franconian and High German sound shift , Halle / Saale 1874.
- About the quantity of the Old High German final syllables , Halle / Saale 1875.
- Gothic grammar . With some reading pieces and word index, 1st edition Halle / Saale 1880; 9th edition Halle / Saale 1920 (last edition; continued under Karl Helm , Ernst Albrecht Ebbinghaus and Frank Heidermanns ).
- Old high German grammar. (= Collection of short grammars of Germanic dialects. A 5). Halle / Saale 1886; 3rd edition ibid. 1925 (last edition; continued under Karl Helm, Walther Mitzka , Hans Eggers , Ingo Reiffenstein and Frank Heidermanns ; 13th edition, obtained from Hans Eggers, Tübingen 1975).
- Outline of the Old High German grammar: With consideration of Old Saxon (3rd edition Halle / Saale 1900)
Editions
- Old High German Reader , 1st edition Halle / Saale 1875; 8th edition Halle / Saale 1921 (last edition; continued under Karl Helm and Ernst A. Ebbinghaus).
- Contributions to the history of the German language and literature , from 1873 together with Hermann Paul .
- Reprints of German literature from the 16th and 17th centuries , from 1876, continued under Ernst Beutler .
literature
- Ernst Schwarz: Braune, Wilhelm Theodor. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 558 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Braune in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Wilhelm Braune at Open Library
- Wilhelm Braune in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
- Overview of the courses by Wilhelm Braune at the University of Leipzig (summer semester 1875 to summer semester 1880)
- Regional information system for Baden-Württemberg (LeoBW): Braune Wilhelm Theodor
Individual evidence
- ^ Member entry by Wilhelm Braune at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on December 24, 2016.
- ^ Members of the HAdW since it was founded in 1909. Wilhelm Braune. Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, accessed on July 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 48.
- ^ Members of the previous academies. Theodor Wilhelm Braune. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on March 1, 2015 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Braune, Wilhelm |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Braune, Theodor Wilhelm (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Germanist |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1850 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Great |
DATE OF DEATH | November 10, 1926 |
Place of death | Heidelberg |