Georg Friedrich Benecke (10 June 1762, Mönchsroth – 21 August 1844,

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, where he was a pupil of

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. 4th Edition. Volume 2, Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig 1885-1892, p 681st. His studies most notably involved old German and English literature. He was editor of a dictionary to

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'' (1874). His preliminary work on a collection of

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words was edited and published by

Wilhelm Müller Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Müller (7 October 1794 – 30 September 1827) was a German lyric poet, best known as the author of ''Die schöne Müllerin'' (1823) and ''Winterreise'' (1828), which Franz Schubert later set to music as song cycles. Life ...

and Friedrich Zarncke after his death ("''Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch''").

Selected works

* ''Beyträge zur Kenntniss der altdeutschen Sprache und Litteratur'', 1810. * ''Minnelieder. Ergänzung der Sammlung von Minnesingern'', Göttingen 1810. * ''Der Edel Stein / getichtet von Bonerius, aus Handschriften berichtigt und mit einem Wörterbuch versehen'', Berlin 1816. * ''Wigalois von Wirnt von Gravenberch'', Berlin 1819. * ''Iwein. Der Riter mit dem Lewen von Hartmann von Aue'', (with

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), Berlin 1827. * ''Wörterbuch zu Hartmanns Iwein'', 1833. * ''Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch'' (with Wilhelm Müller and Friedrich Zarncke,WorldCat Identities
Most widely held works by Georg Friedrich Benecke published posthumously; Leipzig 1854–66, 4 parts).

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* German philologists German librarians University of Göttingen faculty University of Göttingen alumni People from Ansbach (district) 1844 deaths 1762 births Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities {{Germany-academic-bio-stub