Moritz Callmann Wahl

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Moritz Callmann Wahl (March 28, 1829 – October 15, 1887) was a German writer.

He was born in Sondershausen, Germany. He studied Oriental languages at Leipzig under Julius Fürst and Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer. Later he taught for a time at an English school, and later was a correspondent in a business house at Lyon, France. He settled at Erfurt, Germany, where he founded a business academy. Aside from his teaching activity he pursued scientific studies.

[edit] Publications

  • Beiträge zur Vergleichenden Parömiologie
  • Das Sprichwort in der Hebräisch-Aramäischen Literatur
  • The Book of Merry Riddles
  • Das Sprichwort der Neueren Sprachen
  • Die Englische Parömiologie vor Shakespeare
  • Das Parömiologische Sprachgut bei Shakespeare

[edit] References