Wilhelm Paul Corssen
Wilhelm Paul Corssen , also Corßen (born January 20, 1820 in Bremen , † June 18, 1875 in Groß-Lichterfelde ) was a German classical philologist , linguist and antiquarian.
Life
Corssen was born in Bremen as the son of a businessman who later settled in the Kingdom of Prussia . From the age of 14 he attended the Joachimsthal High School in Berlin , which was directed by the renowned classical philologist August Meineke . From 1840 to 1844 he studied in Berlin with August Böckh and Karl Lachmann and was active in the student association Corps Marchia Berlin . After completing his studies, he worked from 1846 as a teacher for Latin and history at the Pforta State School . There were u. a. Friedrich Nietzsche , who praised him in Götzen-Twilight or How to philosophize with the hammer (1889), and Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff , who also pays him great respect in his memoirs 1848–1914 (1928), his students. As a result of his increasing alcohol dependence, Corssen moved to his brother in Berlin in 1866, where he devoted himself exclusively to scientific publications. Corssen's main focus was on the Italian languages , advancing the comparative method . His first works, Origines poesis romanae (1844) and On Pronunciation, Vocalism and Emphasis on the Latin Language (1858–59), received prizes from the Faculty of Philosophy in Berlin. His extensive study of the Etruscan language , on the other hand, turned out to be very speculative and received a sharp scholarly rebuff.
Corssen also contributed many articles on early Italian dialects to Adalbert Kuhn's " Journal for Comparative Linguistic Research " and wrote treatises on archeology and the history of the Pforta State School.
Works
- De volscorum lingua (1858)
- Critical contributions to the Latin theory of forms (1863)
- Critical addenda to the Latin theory of forms (1866)
- Antiquities and art monuments of the Cistercian monastery of St. Marien and the State School at the Gate (1868)
- On the language of the Etruscans , 2 vols. (1874–75)
- Contributions to Italian language studies (1878, editor: Hugo Weber)
literature
- Gustav Emil Lothholz: Corssen, Paul Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 504 f.
- Wilhelm Paul Corssen . In: Bernhard Meijer, Theodor Westrin (ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 5 : Cestius-Degas . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1906, Sp. 762 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Paul Corssen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Wilhelm Paul Corssen in the German Digital Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Corssen, Wilhelm Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Corßen, Wilhelm Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German linguist and antiquarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 18, 1875 |
| Place of death | Berlin |