Willi Bang-Kaup
Johann Wilhelm Max Julius Bang-Kaup (also Willi Bang or Willy Bang or Willy Bang-Kaup ; born August 9, 1869 in Wesel , † October 8, 1934 in Darmstadt ) was a German Orientalist ( Turkologist ) and English studies .
Life
Willi Bang-Kaup was the son of the mayor and lawyer Heinrich Bang and Auguste Kaup.
Bang first studied Oriental Studies in Leuven - Old Persian , Avestian , Manchurian and Mongolian , then also in France , Holland and England . In 1893 and 1909 he brought out a new edition of ancient Persian inscriptions together with Friedrich H. Weißbach and wrote several articles on the subject.
From 1893 Bang researched old Turkish stone inscriptions, the runic alphabet of which had been deciphered by Vilhelm Thomsen , using methods of language comparison with modern Turkic languages and dialects. Together with Josef Markwart, he achieved a breakthrough in the chronological classification of the inscriptions. From 1910 to 1914, Bang worked on the Codex Cumanicus . Then he turned to old Turkish manuscripts from Turfan .
From 1895 to 1914 Bang was Professor of English Studies in Leuven and wrote several important studies on English literature . In the wake of the outbreak of World War I, Bang had to leave Belgium and in 1917 became professor of Turkish Studies in Frankfurt. In 1918 he was appointed professor at the University of Berlin and continued researching the Turfan manuscripts, especially Manichaean and Christian texts. Together with Annemarie von Gabain , he published annotated editions of Turfan texts as well as a glossary on the vocabulary of these texts.
Bang discussed problems in the historical grammar of the Turkic languages in several articles.
Publications (selection)
- Materials for the knowledge of the older English drama .
- Manichean lay confession mirror .
- Manichean hymns .
- Fragments of a Nestorian George Passion .
- Turkish Turfan Texts Vol. 1–6, 1929–1934.
- Analytical index. 1931.
- From Turkish to Ottoman .
- Monographs on the history of the Turkish language .
- Parentalia: Basics of a History of Anxiety . As Ms. gedr., Uystpruyst, Loewen 1908 digitized
literature
- Hans Heinrich Schaeder : On W. Bang's sixtieth birthday . In: Hungarian Yearbooks 9, 1929, pp. 181–187.
- Henri de Vocht: Bibliography of the work of Professor W. Bang Kaup . In: Hungarian Yearbooks 9, 1929, pp. 188–195.
- Annemarie von Gabain : W. Bang Kaup 1869–1934 . In: Hungarian Yearbooks 14, 1934, pp. 335–340 and p. 140.
- Annemarie von Gabain: Bang-Kaup, Johann Wilhelm Max Julius. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 576 ( digitized version ).
- Annemarie von Gabain: Personal memories of W. Bang Kaup . In: Language, History and Culture of the Altai Peoples . Berlin 1974, pp. 51-55.
- Andrej Nikolaevič Kononov: W. Bang-Kaup. For the hundredth birthday . In: Language, History and Culture of the Altai Peoples . Berlin 1974, pp. 47-49.
- Sajora Khassankhanova: On the history of Berlin Turkology in the first half of the 20th century. The development of the old Turkish Turfan texts. W. Bang-Kaup and his linguistic school . Unpublished dissertation. Berlin (GDR) 1979.
- Peter Zieme: Bang Kaup, Johann Wilhelm Max Julius . In: Encyclopædia Iranica . Vol. 3, 1989, pp. 691-692
- Michael Knüppel, Aloïs van Tongerloo: The orientalist republic of scholars on the eve of the First World War. The correspondence between Willi Bang (-Kaup) and Friedrich Carl Andreas from the years 1889 to 1914 (= treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen NF 20). Berlin 2012.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bang-Kaup, Willi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bang-Kaup, Johann Wilhelm Max Julius; Bang, Willi; Bang, Willy; Bang-Kaup, Willy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German orientalist (Turkologist) and English studies |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wesel |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 1934 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |