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Wendelin Förster (often written as Foerster; 10 February 1844 – 18 May 1915) was an
Legends and Romances of Brittany
by Lewis Spence
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Wendelin Förster (often written as Foerster; 10 February 1844 – 18 May 1915) was an Austrian
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philologist and Romance
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scholar.
Biography
Förster was born in Wildschütz inSilesia
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(present day Vlčice, Czech Republic) and educated in Vienna
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, where he obtained his doctorate in 1872 as a student of Johannes Vahlen. Following a study trip to Paris
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, he received his habilitation in Vienna with a dissertation involving Romance philology
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 ...
. In 1874 he became an associate professor at the University of Prague, and two years later was named a full professor at the University of Bonn
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as successor to Friedrich Christian Diez
Friedrich Christian Diez (15 March 179429 May 1876) was a German philologist. The two works on which his fame rests are the ''Grammar of the Romance Languages'' (published 1836–1844), and the ''Etymological Dictionary of the Romance Languages'' ...
. One of his noteworthy achievements was the definite establishment of the Breton transmission of the Arthurian legend
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.by Lewis Spence
Works
His numerous publications of theOld French
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works include:
* ''Aiol et Mirabel und Elie de Saint-Gille'' (1876–1882); two Early French epic poems with notes and glossary and an appendix.
* ''Li Chevaliers as deus espees'' (1877); an Old French romance.
* ''Altfranzösische Bibliothek'', volumes i-xi (1879–87) – Old French library.
* ''Romanische Bibliothek'', volumes i-xx (1888–1913) – Romance library.
* ''Die sämmtlichen Werke von Christian von Troyes'', volumes i-iv (1884–99) – Collected works of Chrétien de Troyes.
* ''Wörterbuch zu Christian von Troyes'' (1914) – Dictionary of Chrétien de Troyes.
References
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External links
* * Austrian philologists 1844 births Academic staff of the University of Bonn Academic staff of Charles University University of Vienna alumni People from Jeseník District 1915 deaths {{Germany-linguist-stub