Robert Priebsch (1866-1935) was a German professor and philologist. From 1898 to 1931 he was a professor at

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. With one of his students, W. E. Collinson, he published ''The German Language'' (1934). His two-volume ''Deutsche Handschriften in England'' (Erlangen 1896–1901) is a standard in the field. His extensive collection of books and manuscripts was left to his daughter

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and his son-in-law

August Closs August Max Closs (9 August 1898 – 21 June 1990) was a professor of German studies. Born in Austria, he studied German and English language and literature, and in 1929 moved to London. There he taught at University College, and became friend ...

; augmented significantly by Closs, the collection included 2300 volumes of 17th to 19th-century books which now comprise the Priebsch-Closs collection of the

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in London. His correspondence with

Elias von Steinmeyer Elias von Steinmeyer (8 February 1848, in Nowawes, near Potsdam – 8 March 1922, in Erlangen) was a German philologist. He studied philology at the University of Berlin, and from 1870 worked as an assistant in the private state archives in Be ...

was edited and published by Closs.

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*''Robert Priebsch-Elias von Steinmeyer: Briefwechsel. Ausgewahlt und herausgegeben von August Closs'' (Berlin: Erich Schmidt, 1979)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Priebsch, Robert 1866 births 1935 deaths Academics of University College London Book and manuscript collectors German scholars Linguists from Germany German philologists