Richard Paul Wülker, until 1884 surname spelled as Wülcker (29 July 1845, in

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– 8 August 1910, in

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) was a German Anglist. He studied German and English philology at the universities of

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and

, and following military service in the Franco-Prussian War, he continued his education at the

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. In 1873 he obtained his

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for English philology at the University of Leipzig, where he later taught classes as an associate professor of English language and literature (1875–80), then served as a full professor from 1880 to 1910.Richard Wülker
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/ edited by Walther Killy Dictionary of German Biography In 1877, with Moritz Trautmann, he founded the journal ''Anglia (journal), Anglia'', which he edited until 1890. From 1888 onward, he was a member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences. In 1900 he was named a Saxon privy court councilor. He was a brother of archivist Ernst Wülcker (1843–1895), and a son-in-law to classical philologist Ludwig Lange (philologist), Ludwig Lange (1825–1885).

Selected works

* ''Das Evangelium Nicodemi in der Abendländischen Literatur'', 1872 – The Gospel of Nicodemus in Western literature. * ''Altenglisches Lesebuch : zum Gebrauche bei Vorlesungen und zum Selbstunterricht'', 1874 – Old English reading book for use during lectures and for self-instruction. * ''Kleinere angelsächsische Dichtungen'', 1879 – Smaller Anglo-Saxon poems. * ''Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Poesie'', as editor (by Christian W.M. Grein; 3 volumes, 1883–98) – Library of Anglo-Saxon poetry. * ''Anglo-Saxon and Old English vocabularies'' (with Thomas Wright; 2nd edition, 2 volumes 1884). * ''Geschichte der englischen litteratur von den ältesten zeiten bis zur gegenwart'', 1885 – History of English literature from the earliest times to the present. * ''Grundriss zur Geschichte der angelsächsischen Litteratur'', 1885 – Outline of the history of Anglo-Saxon literature. * ''Codex Vercellensis'', as editor, 1894 – Codex Vercellensis. * ''Die Arthursage in der englischen Literatur'', 1895 – The Arthur Legend in English literature. * ''William Shakespeare : Sein Leben und seine Werke'' (by Sidney Lee, with Wülker and Martha Schwabe, 1901) – William Shakespeare, his life and works.Most widely held works about Richard Paul Wülker
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