Theodor Wilhelm Braune (20 February 1850 in

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– 10 November 1926 in Heidelberg) was a German

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and

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Biography

In 1869 Braune entered the

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, where he was approved as an instructor in 1874. In 1877 he was appointed as extraordinary professor at the

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and became an ordinary professor of German language and literature there in 1880. He later served as a professor at the

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. He is an important representative of the

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s. Among his most lasting achievements were his works on the history of the Germanic languages. Editions of his grammars and anthologies of

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and

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are still in use today. In 1873 he also founded, together with

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, the Germanic studies journal ''

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'' often referred to among scholars as ''Pauls und Braunes Beiträge'' (or ''PBB'') and which remains one of the leading journals in Germanic philology to this day. He was the recipient of a ''

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'' on the occasion of his 70th birthday, entitled ''Aufsätze zur Sprach- und Literaturgeschichte. Wilhelm Braune zum 20. Februar 1920 dargebracht von Freunden und Schülern'' (Dortmund: Ruhfus, 1920).

Publications

* ''Althochdeutsches Lesebuch'' (“Old High German reader”), compiled and provided with a dictionary by Wilhelm Braune (Halle: Niemeyer, 1875; 5th ed., 1902
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; 17th ed. by Ernst Ebbinghaus, Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1994). * ''Althochdeutsche Grammatik. Laut- und Formenlehre'', von Wilhelm Braune. Halle: Niemeyer, 1886. 15th ed. by Ingo Reiffenstein. Tübingen: Niemeyer, 2004. * ''Gotische Grammatik mit Lesestücken und Wörterverzeichnis'' von Wilhelm Braune. Halle: Niemeyer, 1880. 18th ed. by Ernst Ebbinghaus. Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1973.

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References

* ''This article contains a translation of the corresponding article in German Wikipedia.''

External links

* * *The archive containing the first 100 volumes (1873-1979) of ''Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur'' (PBB) can be accessed at http://www.digizeitschriften.de. {{DEFAULTSORT:Braune, Wilhelm 1850 births 1926 deaths People from Elbe-Elster People from the Province of Saxony Germanic studies scholars Germanists German philologists Linguists of German Linguists of Gothic University of Giessen faculty Leipzig University faculty Heidelberg University faculty Members of the Prussian Academy of Sciences Members of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences