Johann von Kelle
Johann von Kelle (March 15, 1828 – January 30, 1909) was a German philologist who studied the German language.
Biography[edit]
He attended the University of Munich where he studied classical philology. Inspired by Johann Andreas Schmeller, he turned his attention to the German language, and received a Ph.D. from the University of Würzburg in 1854. From 1855 to 1857, he was an editor for a Berlin publisher, where he oversaw the development of an encyclopedia. During this time, he got to know the Grimm brothers. In 1857 he was made a full professor of German language and literature at the University of Prague, where he remained until his retirement in 1899. In 1891/92 he served as university rector.[1][2]
Works[edit]
His work on Otfrid von Weissenburg includes:
- Otfrids von Weissenburg Evangelienbuch, Regensburg 1856.
- Die Formen- und Lautlehre der Sprache Otfrids, Regensburg 1869.
- Christi Leben und Lehre, besungen von Otfrid : Aus dem Althochdeutschen übersetzt, Prag 1870.
- Glossar zu Otfrids Evangelienbuch (1879–81).
His work on Notker Labeo is no less important: in general it aims to prove that the writings bearing his name are not by a school or group of translators, but by Notker alone. Writings include:
- Das Verbum und Nomen in Notker's Boëthius, Wien 1885.
- Die Sankt Galler deutschen Schriften und Notker Labeo (1888).
- Untersuchungen zur Überlieferung, Übersetzung, Grammatik der Psalmen Notkers, Berlin 1889.
Other works:
- Die Jesuiten-Gymnasien in Österreich (1873).
- Vergleichende Grammatik der germanischen Sprachen, vol. 1, Prag 1863.
- Geschichte der deutschen Litteratur von der ältesten Zeit bis zur Mitte des 11. Jahrhunderts (1892).
- Die Quelle von Ezzos Gesang von den Wundern Christi, in: Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, vol. 129, Wien 1893.
- Speculum Ecclesiae (1858).
References[edit]
- "Kelle, Johann von". Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon (PDF) (in German). Vol. 3 (13th? (1815-1950) ed.). 1963. p. 286.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
- ^ Internationales Germanistenlexikon 1800 - 1950, Volume 1 edited by Christoph König
- ^ Hitz - Kozub / edited by Rudolf Vierhaus Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopaedie
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