Richard Heinzel (3 November 1838, in Capodistira – 4 April 1905, in

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) was an Austrian philologist who specialized in

Germanic studies Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a comparative or historical perspective. The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, with the discovery of literary tex ...

Biography

Richard Heinzel studied classical and German

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

at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...

, where his instructors were

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and

Johannes Vahlen Johannes Vahlen (27 September 1830 in Bonn – 30 November 1911 in Berlin) was a German classical philologist. He was the father of mathematician Theodor Vahlen (1869–1945). In 1852 he graduated at the University of Bonn, where he studied class ...

. From 1860 to 1864 he worked as a school teacher at gymnasiums in

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and Vienna, and in 1868 became a professor at the

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. In 1873 he succeeded

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as professor of German language and literature at the University of Vienna. In 1874 he became a member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences.

Selected works

* ''Heinrich von Melk'' (as editor, 1867) – On Heinrich von Melk. * ''Geschichte der niederfränkischen geschäftssprache'', 1874 – History of the

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n language. * ''Wortschatz und Sprachformen der wiener Notker-Handschrift'', 1875 – Vocabulary and language forms of the Viennese Notker manuscript. * ''Über den stil der altgermanischen poesie'', 1875 – On the style of

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poetry. * ''Notkers Psalmen nach der Wiener handschrift'', with Wilhelm Scherer, 1876 – Notker's psalms; according to the Viennese manuscript. * ''Über die endsilben der altnordsichen sprache'', 1877 – On the final syllables of

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language. * ''Ueber die Hervararsaga'', 1877 – On the Hervarar saga. * ''Beschreibung der isländischen Saga'', 1881 – Description of the

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. * ''Ueber die Walthersage'', 1889 – On the Walther saga. * ''Über die ostgothische Heldensage'', 1889 – On the East Gothic hero saga. * ''Deutsche studien''. I. und II, with Wilhelm Scherer (2nd edition, 1891) – German studies. * ''Über die französischen Gralromane'', 1891 – On the French grail novel. * ''Über Wolframs von Eschenbach Parzival'', 1893 – On

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's ''

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''. * ''Beschreibung des geistlichen Schauspiels im deutschen Mittelalter'', 1898 – Description of the spiritual drama in the German Middle Ages.HathiTrust Digital Library
(published works)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Heinzel, Richard 1838 births 1905 deaths Writers from Koper University of Vienna alumni Academic staff of the University of Vienna Academic staff of the University of Graz Austrian medievalists Germanists Germanic studies scholars Linguists of Germanic languages Austrian philologists

Biography

Selected works

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