Wendelin Förster, ante 1915 - Accademia delle Scienze di Torino 0135 B

Wendelin Förster (often written as Foerster; 10 February 1844 – 18 May 1915) was an Austrian philologist and Romance scholar.

Biography

Förster was born in Wildschütz in Silesia (present day Vlčice, Czech Republic) and educated in Vienna, where he obtained his doctorate in 1872 as a student of

Johannes Vahlen Johannes Vahlen (27 September 1830 in Bonn – 30 November 1911 in Berlin) was a German classical philologist. He was the father of mathematician Theodor Vahlen (1869–1945). In 1852 he graduated at the University of Bonn, where he studied class ...

. Following a study trip to Paris, he received his

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...

in Vienna with a dissertation involving Romance philology. 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 as successor to Friedrich Christian Diez. One of his noteworthy achievements was the definite establishment of the

Breton Breton most often refers to: *anything associated with Brittany, and generally ** Breton people ** Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany ** Breton (horse), a breed **Ga ...

transmission of the Arthurian legend.Legends and Romances of Brittany
by Lewis Spence

Works

His numerous publications of the Old French 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 Chrétien de Troyes (Modern ; fro, Crestien de Troies ; 1160–1191) was a French poet and trouvère known for his writing on Arthurian subjects, and for first writing of Lancelot, Percival and the Holy Grail. Chrétien's works, including ''E ...

. * ''Wörterbuch zu Christian von Troyes'' (1914) – Dictionary of Chrétien de Troyes.

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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