Erhard Lommatzsch (2 February 1886, in

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– 20 January 1975, in

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) was a German Romance philologist. From 1905 to 1910 he studied classical,

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and Romance philology at the

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, where his teachers included

Eduard Norden Eduard Norden (21 September 1868 – 13 July 1941) was a German classical philologist and historian of religion. When Norden received an honorary doctorate from Harvard, James Bryant Conant referred to him as "the most famous Latinist in the worl ...

, Gustav Roethe, Erich Schmidt and

Adolf Tobler Adolf Tobler (24 May 1835 – 18 March 1910) was a Swiss-German linguist and philologist. Born in Hirzel in Zürich, Switzerland, he was the brother of linguist Ludwig Tobler (1827–1895). Adolf Tobler died in Berlin, Germany. He studied R ...

. In 1913 he obtained his

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, and in 1917 was named an associate professor at Berlin University. Later on, he served as a full professor of Romance philology at the universities of

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(from 1921) and

(from 1928). He was a full member of the Mainz Academy of Sciences, a corresponding member of the

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and the

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, an honorary member of the

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and an associate member of the

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Published works

From 1925 he published the ''Altfranzösisches Wörterbuch'', an

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dictionary based on a massive collection of notes compiled by Adolf Tobler. The dictionary totaled 11 volumes and was nearly completed at the time of Lommatzsch's death in 1975. The dictionary is sometimes referred to as the "Tobler-Lommatzsch". Other published works by Lommatzsch are: * ''Gautier de Coincy als Satiriker'', 1913 –

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as satirist. * ''Ein Italienisches Novellenbuch des Quattrocento : Giovanni Sabadino degli Arientis "Porrettane"'', 1913 – An Italian novella book of the

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: Giovanni Sabadino degli Arienti's ''Porrettane''. * ''Provenzalisches liederbuch; lieder der troubadours mit einer auswahl biographischer zeugnisse, nachdichtungen und singweisen'', 1917 –

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songbook; songs of the

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s with a selection of biographical references, reflections and songs. * ''Geschichten aus dem alten Frankreich'', 1947 – Stories from medieval France. * ''Kleinere Schriften zur romanischen Philologie'', 1948 – Smaller writings on Romance philology. * ''Beiträge zur älteren italienischen Volksdichtung; Untersuchungen und Texte'', 1950 – Contributions to older Italian folk poetry. * ''Leben und Lieder der provenzalischen Troubadours, in Auswahl dargeboten'', 1957 – Life and songs of the Provençal troubadours. * ''Blumen und Früchte im altfranzösischen Schrifttum'', 1966 – Flowers and fruits in old French literature.Most widely held works by Erhard Lommatzsch
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lommatzsch, Erhard 1886 births 1975 deaths Writers from Dresden Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of Goethe University Frankfurt Academic staff of the University of Greifswald German philologists German medievalists German lexicographers Romance philologists Members of the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin 20th-century philologists 20th-century lexicographers