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Wilhelm Wackernagel

German-Swiss philologist (1806–1869) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wilhelm Wackernagel
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Wilhelm Wackernagel (German: [ˈvakɐˌnaːɡl̩]; 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.

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Wilhelm Wackernagel (1806–1869)

Wackernagel 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]

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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.[3]
  • Deutsches Lesebuch, 1835–1843 (3 volumes) German basal reader.
  • Geschichte der deutschen Litteratur : ein Handbuch, 1848-1855 History of German literature.[4]
  • 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.[5]
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