Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke

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Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (30 January 1861 – 4 October 1936) was a Swiss philologist of the Neogrammarian school of linguistics.

Born in Dübendorf, he performed several comparative studies of the Romance languages and spoken Latin. He taught at the University of Jena between from 1887 to 1890, then at the University of Vienna until 1915, when he moved to the University of Bonn.

[edit] Key published works

  • Grammatik der romanischen Sprachen ("Grammar of the Romance Languages") published in 4 volumes between 1890 and 1902
  • Einführung in das Studium der romanischen Sprachwissenschaft ("Introduction to the Study of Romance Linguistics"), 1901