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Henry R. Kahane
Henry R. Kahane (2 November 1902 in Berlin – 11 September 1992 in Urbana, Illinois) was a Romance philologist and linguist. His father was the Berlin literary figure, :de:Arthur Kahane, Arthur Kahane, a close collaborator of Max Reinhardt. In 1931 he married Renée Toole Kahane, Renée Toole, who he met when they were both PhD students in Berlin. She became his lifelong intellectual partner. Career Kahane studied Romance philology in Germany under :de:Ernst Gamillscheg (Romanist), Ernst Gamillscheg (18801962) and Gerhard Rohlfs (18921986), receiving his PhD in 1930 under the supervision of Gamillscheg at the Humboldt University of Berlin. After obtaining their PhDs, Henry and Renée Kahane moved to Florence and spent several years collecting a large corpus of Venetian loanwords used in Greek dialects. Henry Kahane also served as a teacher and later principal of a school for the children of German refugees in Florence. Following Henry's brief imprisonment in Florence by Benito Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
