Julius Zupitza (4 January 1844 in Kerpen,

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– 6 July 1895 in Berlin) was a German philologist and one of the founders of

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in Germany.

Biography

Zupitza was the son of Major Andreas Zupitza and his wife, Adelheid, née Albrecht. He received his Gymnasium education in Oppeln.

Academic career

Zupitza studied classical, Germanic, and Romance philology and

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at the

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and the

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, working with Friedrich Pfeiffer, Ottomar Behnsch, Heinrich Rückert, Karl Müllenhoff, August Boeckh, and

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. He received his doctoral degree in 1865 in Berlin and his postdoctoral degree ( habilitation) in 1869 in Breslau. After a short appointment at the

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in the area of Northern Germanic languages, he was appointed first professor and chair of English philology at the prestigious

. He remained in this position until he died of a stroke in 1895. In 1893, he received an honorary doctoral degree from the

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Selected publications

* ''Einführung in das Studium des mittelhochdeutschen. Zum Selbstunterricht für jeden gebildeten'' (Oppeln, 1868)
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* ''Zur Literaturgeschichte des Guy von Warwick'' (Wien, 1873)
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* Ed., ''The Romance of Guy of Warwick. The second or 15th-century Version'' (1875–1876) * Ed., ''General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales'' (1882). * Ed., ''Beowulf. Autotypes of the unique Cotton MS. Vitellius A XV in the British Museum'' (London: Trübner, 1882). * Ed., ''Cynewulfs Elene mit einem Glossar'' (1877).Cynewulf., Zupitza, J. (1888)
Cynewulfs Elene: mit einem Glossar
3. Aufl. Berlin: Weidmann. * Ed., ''Ælfrics Grammatik und Glossar'' (1880). * Ed., ''Guy of Warwick'' (1883).Zupitza, J. (188318871891)
The romance of Guy of Warwick
he first or 14th-century version. London: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., limited. * Ed., ''The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale'' (1890).

Biography

Academic career

Selected publications

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