Wilhelm Wackernagel

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.[1][2]

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:

References

  1. ADB:Wackernagel, Wilhelm (Germanist) at Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
  2. 2.0 2.1 A History of Poetics: German Scholarly Aesthetics and Poetics by Sandra Richter
  3. Google Books Gedichte Walthers von der Vogelweide
  4. OCLC WorldCat Geschichte der deutschen Litteratur : ein Handbuch
  5. Google Books published works

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