Ernst Wülcker (24 August 1843, in

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– 16 September 1895, in

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) was a German

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and

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. He was an older brother of philologist

Richard Paul Wülker Richard Paul Wülker, until 1884 surname spelled as Wülcker (29 July 1845, in Frankfurt – 8 August 1910, in Leipzig) was a German Anglist. He studied German and English philology at the universities of Berlin and Leipzig, and following milita ...

(1845–1910). He studied

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and

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at the universities of

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and

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...

, and in 1870 was named secretary at the Frankfurt city archives. In 1875, he relocated to Weimar as first secretary of the private and city archives. In 1888 he was promoted to the archival council in Weimar.ADB:Wülcker, Ernst
In:

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(ADB). Band 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, S. 559–562.

Published works

With Lorenz Diefenbach, he was author of the ''Hoch- und nieder-deutsches Wörterbuch der mittleren und neueren Zeit'' ("

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and

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dictionary of medieval and modern times"), and from 1886 to 1895 made contributions to the ''

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''. Other written efforts by Wülcker include: * ''Urkunden und Schreiben betreffend den Zug der Armagnaken (1439–1444)'', 1873 – Documents and writings concerning the campaign of the

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(1439–1444). * ''Urkunden und Acten betreffend die Belagerung der Stadt Neuss am Rheine (1474–75)'', 1877 – Documents and acts concerning the Siege of Neuss am Rhein, 1474–75. * ''Die Entstehung der kursächsischen Kanzleisprache'', 1878 – The emergence of the Saxon Chancellery language. * ''Die Verdienste der Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft um die deutsche Sprache'', 1888.Most widely held works by Ernst Wülcker
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wulcker, Ernst 1843 births 1895 deaths Writers from Frankfurt Leipzig University alumni University of Göttingen alumni German lexicographers 19th-century German historians German archivists 19th-century lexicographers