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German philologist
Adalbert Bezzenberger
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German philologist
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Kassel, Germany
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Königsberg, Prussia
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71 years
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Adalbert Bezzenberger (14 April 1851 – 31 October 1922) was a German philologist. He was born at Kassel and died at Königsberg. He is considered to be the founder of Baltic philology.
He studied the Indo-Germanic languages at the universities of Göttingen and Munich. In 1874 he became lecturer at Göttingen and in 1879 professor of Sanskrit at the University of Königsberg. From 1890-91 he was rector of this university.
Published works
His principal works include:
- Beiträge zur Geschichte der Litauischen Sprache auf Grund litauischer Texte des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, Göttingen: Peppmüller, 1877.
- Litauische Forschungen. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Sprache und des Volkstumes der Litauer, Göttingen: Peppmüller, 1882.
- Lettische Dialektstudien, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1885.
- Über der Sprache der Preußischen Letten, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1888.
- Die Kurische Nehrung und ihre Bewohner, Stuttgart: Engelhorn, 1889 (=Forschungen zur deutschen Landes- und Volkskunde; vols. 3-4)
- Sitzungsbericht der Altertumsgeschichte Prussia (1892)
- Analysen vorgeschichtlicher Bronzen Ostpreussens. An ihrem 60jährigen Stiftungstage dem Andenken ihres ehemaligen Vorsitzenden Georg Bujak gewidmet von der Altertumsgesellschaft Prussia, Königsberg: Gräfe & Unzer, 1904. (as editor)
- Beiträge zur Kunde der Indogermanischen Sprachen (1877-1906; as editor)
Sources
- 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.
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