Friedrich Staub (30 March 1826, in

Männedorf Männedorf (High Alemannic: ''Mänidoorf'') is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Like in all other villages along the lake of Zürich, archeological findings indicate settlements in the st ...

– 3 August 1896, in

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) was a Swiss

lexicographer Lexicography is the study of lexicons, and is divided into two separate academic disciplines. It is the art of compiling dictionaries. * Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. * Theoreti ...

dialectologist Dialectology (from Greek , ''dialektos'', "talk, dialect"; and , ''-logia'') is the scientific study of linguistic dialect, a sub-field of sociolinguistics. It studies variations in language based primarily on geographic distribution and their assoc ...

and librarian. He studied theology and philosophy at the

University of Zürich The University of Zürich (UZH, german: Universität Zürich) is a public research university located in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 f ...

(1845–47) and philology at the

University of Bonn The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine U ...

(1847–48). From 1850 to 1858 he was in charge of a private school in his hometown of Männedorf, and afterwards spent several years as a private tutor in

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. From 1871 to 1887 he worked as a librarian at the

Zentralbibliothek Zürich ''Zentralbibliothek Zürich'' (Zurich Central Library) is the main library of both the city and the University of Zurich, housed in the ''Predigerkloster'', the former Black Friars' abbey, in the old town's Rathaus quarter. It was founded in ...

. He was a catalyst in the creation of the

Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek The Swiss National Library (german: Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek, french: Bibliothèque nationale suisse, it, Biblioteca nazionale svizzera, rm, Biblioteca naziunala svizra) is the national library of Switzerland. Part of the Federal Office ...

(Swiss National Library).Staub, Friedrich
Historischen Lexikon der Schweiz From 1862 he headed the ''Verein für das Schweizerdeutsche Wörterbuch'' (Association for the Swiss-German Dictionary) and up until 1896 was editor-in-chief of the ''

Schweizerisches Idiotikon ''Schweizerisches Idiotikon'' ("the Swiss idioticon", also known as ''Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache'' "Dictionary of the Swiss German language") is an ongoing, major project of lexicography of the Swiss German dialects. Publication beg ...

'' ("Swiss idioticon", a dictionary of the Swiss-German language). In 1881, with

Ludwig Tobler Johann Ludwig Tobler (1 June 1827 – 19 August 1895) was a Swiss philologist and folklorist. Born in Hirzel in Zürich, Switzerland, he was an older brother of philologist Adolf Tobler (1835–1910). Ludwig Tobler died in Zürich. He studied ...

, he published its first volume. In 1874 he published a treatise on the vocalization of the consonant "n" in Swiss

Alemannic Alemannic (''Alamannic'') or Alamanni may refer to: * Alemannic German, a dialect family in the Upper German branch of the German languages and its speakers * Alemanni, a confederation of Suebian Germanic tribes in the Roman period * Alamanni (surna ...

("Staub's law"), titled ''Die Vokalisierung des N bei den schweizerischen Alemannen''.Communications de la Cinquieme Conference Internationale de Linguistique ...
edited by Anders Ahlqvist

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Staub, Friedrich 1826 births 1896 deaths People from Meilen District University of Zurich alumni University of Bonn alumni Swiss librarians Swiss lexicographers Dialectologists 19th-century lexicographers