German-Swiss philologist
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:
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]