Karl Hildebrand (2 December 1846, in

Arnstadt Arnstadt () is a town in Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany, on the river Gera about south of Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia. Arnstadt is one of the oldest towns in Thuringia, and has a well-preserved historic centre with a partially preserved town ...

– 17 April 1875, in

Halle an der Saale Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (; from the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''; until the beginning of the 20th century: ''Halle an der Saale'' ; from 1965 to 1995: ''Halle/Saale'') is the largest city of the German state of Saxony-Anh ...

) was a German

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

who specialized in Old Icelandic literature.

Biography

Hildebrand studied history and philology at the

University of Leipzig Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 Decemb ...

, where he was a pupil of

Friedrich Karl Theodor Zarncke Friedrich Karl Theodor Zarncke (7 July 182515 October 1891), German philologist, was born in Zahrensdorf, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the son of a country pastor. He was educated at the Rostock gymnasium, and studied (1844–1847) at the universities ...

. In 1871 he earned his PhD at

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 ...

with a thesis titled, ''Über die Conditionalsätze und ihre Conjunctionen in der älteren Edda''. In 1873 he qualified as a lecturer of

German philology German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German hi ...

at the

University of Halle Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (german: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg and the largest and oldest university i ...

with the thesis, ''Versteilung in den Eddaliedern''. His best written effort was an edition of ''Die lieder der Älteren Edda ( Sæmundar Edda)''. Unfinished at the time of Hildebrand's death in 1875 (age 28), it was completed by

Theodor Möbius Theodor Möbius (June 22, 1821 Leipzig - April 25, 1890) was a German philologist who specialized in Germanic studies. Biography He was a son of German mathematician August Ferdinand Möbius. He studied at the Universities of Leipzig (1840–42) ...

(from page 257) during the following year.HathiTrust Digital Library
published works

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1845 births 1875 deaths People from Arnstadt People from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen German philologists Germanic studies scholars Linguists from Germany Leipzig University alumni Old Norse studies scholars {{Germany-linguist-stub

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