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German-Swiss philologist
Wilhelm Wackernagel (1806–1869)
Wilhelm Wackernagel (23 April 1806,
Berlin – 21 December 1869,
Basel ) was a German-Swiss
philologist specializing in
Germanic studies . He was the father of
Indo-Europeanist
Jacob Wackernagel .
He studied
Classical and
Germanic literature at the
University of Berlin as a pupil of
August Boeckh and
Karl Lachmann . In 1833 he moved to Basel, where from 1835 to 1869, he was a professor of
German language and literature at the
university . While at Basel, he turned down offers for professorships in Berlin,
Munich ,
Tübingen and
Vienna .
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Works
He was considered the leading
Germanist after the death of
Jacob Grimm in 1863.
[2] A number of Wackernagel's significant works were published posthumously. The following are some of his principal writings:
Geschichte des deutschen Hexameters und Pentameters bis auf Klopstock , 1831 – History of German
hexameters and
pentameters prior to
Klopstock .
Gedichte Walthers von der Vogelweide (edited with
Karl Joseph Simrock ) – Poetry of
Walther von der Vogelweide .
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Deutsches Lesebuch , 1835–1843 (3 volumes) – German
basal reader .
Geschichte der deutschen Litteratur : ein Handbuch , 1848-1855 – History of German literature.
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Die deutsche glasmalerei: Geschichtlicher entwurf mit belegen , 1855 – German
stained glass ; historical design.
Kleinere Schriften von Wilhelm Wackernagel , 1872 – Smaller writings.
Poetik, Rhetorik und Stilistik: Academische Vorlesungen , 1873 (edited by Ludwig Sieber) – Poetics, rhetoric and stylistics; Academic lectures.
Johann Fischart von Strassburg , 1874 – monograph on
Johann Fischart .
Altdeutsches handwörterbuch , 1878 (edited by Maximilian Rieger) –
Old German dictionary.
Kleineres altdeutsches Lesebuch , 1880 – Smaller Old German basal reader.
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References
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