Harry Hess Reichard (August 27, 1878 – August 26, 1956) was a

Pennsylvania German The Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsylvania Dutch: ), also known as Pennsylvania Germans, are a cultural group formed by German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. They emigrated primarily from German-spea ...

writer and scholar.

Biography

Reichard was born in

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.Rosenberger, p. 248 In 1901, he graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. In 1911, he received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in

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. From 1924 to 1948, Reichard was a professor of

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at Muhlenberg College in

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. He also portrayed the character of ''Der Assabe Mumbauer'' on the popular

dialect radio program, ''

Assabe and Sabina ''Assabe and Sabina'' was a regionally popular Pennsylvania German dialect radio program that was broadcast from radio station WSAN in Allentown, Pennsylvania from 1944 until 1955. The show centered on the relationship between ''Der Assabe Mumba ...

'' from 1944 to 1955. For his work, Reichard was awarded a citation by the Pennsylvania German Society in 1950.

Publications

*''Pennsylvania-German Dialect Writings and Their Writers'' (1918) *''Pennsylvania German Verses'' (1940)

References

Notes

1878 births 1956 deaths Educators from Allentown, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania culture Pennsylvania Dutch people Writers from Allentown, Pennsylvania Lafayette College alumni Johns Hopkins University alumni Muhlenberg College faculty {{US-writer-stub