Adolf Holtzmann

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Adolf Holtzmann (1810-1870) was a German philologist.

Born at Karlsruhe, he gave himself to the study of theology and then of philology at various universities, and in 1852 became professor of the German Language and Literature at Heidelberg.

He is the author of various learned treatises on philology and kindred subjects. He wrote Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800-1925.

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This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.

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NAME Holtzmann, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION German philologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe, Germany
DATE OF DEATH July 3, 1870
PLACE OF DEATH Heidelberg, Germany