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Schmeller
Schmeller is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Johann Andreas Schmeller Johann Andreas Schmeller (6 August 1785 in Tirschenreuth – 27 September 1852 in Munich) was a German philologist who initially studied the Bavarian dialect. From 1828 until his death he taught in the University of Munich. He is considered the ... (1785–1852), Germanist * Johann Joseph Schmeller (1796–1841), German painter * (1920–1990), German-Austrian art historian, publicist {{surname German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Joseph Schmeller
Johann Joseph Schmeller (12 July 1796, Großobringen - 1 October 1841, Weimar) was a German painter who was closely associated with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Biography He was one of five children born to Johann Michael Schmeller (1773-1850), a forestry worker in Ettersburg, and his wife, Dorothea Eva Böhmel (1766–1814), from Buchfart. In 1807, his good reading and writing skills encouraged his father to send him to school in Weimar. During the Napoleonic Wars, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, issued a call for the formation of a volunteer corps, and Schmeller joined. While in service, he met Ferdinand Jagemann, who would later become a co-director of the Weimar Princely Free Drawing School. After the war, Jagemann took him into the school and supported him financially. After 1815, he worked as an assistant teacher. In 1818, he requested additional support from Goethe. As a test, he was hired to restore some wall paintings by Adam Friedrich Oeser in Goe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Andreas Schmeller
Johann Andreas Schmeller (6 August 1785 in Tirschenreuth – 27 September 1852 in Munich) was a German philologist who initially studied the Bavarian dialect. From 1828 until his death he taught in the University of Munich. He is considered the founder of modern dialect research in Germany. His lasting contribution is the four-volume ' (Bavarian Dictionary), which is currently in the process of revision by the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Biography In 1821, he published ''Die Mundarten Bayerns'' (Bavarian dialects). This was later supplemented by his ''Bayerisches Wörterbuch'' (Bavarian dictionary), which appeared in four volumes from 1827 to 1837. Perhaps his most notable publication was the first modern edition of the ''Heliand'' (1830). He was also the compiler of the ''Carmina Burana'' (1847), which he named. Schmeller edited the Old High German Old High German (OHG; german: Althochdeutsch (Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, convention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
