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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, he founded the journal '' Anglia'', which he edited until 1890. From 1888 onward, he was a member of the

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. In 1900 he was named a Saxon privy court councilor. He was a brother of archivist

Ernst Wülcker Ernst Wülcker (24 August 1843, in Frankfurt am Main – 16 September 1895, in Weimar) was a German archivist and lexicographer. He was an older brother of philologist Richard Paul Wülker (1845–1910). He studied classical philology and Ge ...

(1843–1895), and a son-in-law to classical philologist Ludwig Lange (1825–1885).

Selected works

* ''Das Evangelium Nicodemi in der Abendländischen Literatur'', 1872 – The

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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 –

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. * ''Die Arthursage in der englischen Literatur'', 1895 – The

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in English literature. * ''William Shakespeare : Sein Leben und seine Werke'' (by

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, with Wülker and Martha Schwabe, 1901) –

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, his life and works.Most widely held works about Richard Paul Wülker
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wulker, Richard Paul 1845 births 1910 deaths Writers from Frankfurt Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Leipzig University alumni University of Marburg alumni Academic staff of Leipzig University German philologists Linguists from Germany