Felix Liebrecht
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Felix Liebrecht was a German
folklorist.
Liebrecht was born in Namslau, Prussian Silesia. He studied philology
at the universities of Breslau, Munich, and Berlin
, and in 1849 became professor of the German language
at the Athénée Royal at Liège
, Belgium
. He resigned his chair and retired into private life in 1867. He died in Saint-Hubert, Belgium
.
A collection of original essays by him was published at Heilbronn
in 1879, under the title Zur Volkskunde.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
folklorist.
Liebrecht was born in Namslau, Prussian Silesia. He studied philology
Philology
Philology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...
at the universities of Breslau, Munich, and Berlin
Humboldt University of Berlin
The Humboldt University of Berlin is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities...
, and in 1849 became professor of the German language
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
at the Athénée Royal at Liège
Liège
Liège is a major city and municipality of Belgium located in the province of Liège, of which it is the economic capital, in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium....
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
. He resigned his chair and retired into private life in 1867. He died in Saint-Hubert, Belgium
Saint-Hubert, Belgium
Saint-Hubert is a Walloon municipality of Belgium located in the province of Luxembourg.On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 111.16 km², had 5,737 inhabitants, giving a population density of 51.6 inhabitants per square kilometre....
.
Works
Translations by Liebrecht include:- Giambattista BasileGiambattista BasileGiambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while...
's PentameronePentameroneThe Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:...
, with introduction by Jakob Grimm (1846) - Johannes Damascenus's "Baarlam und Josaphat" (1847)
- John Dunlop's Geschichte der Prosadichtungen (1851)
- an edition of Gervasius of Tilbury's Otia Imperialia (1856)
- George Cornewall LewisGeorge Cornewall LewisSir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet PC was a British statesman and man of letters.-Family:He was born in London, the son of Thomas Frankland Lewis of Harpton Court, Radnorshire and his wife Harriet Cornewall...
's Untersuchungen über die Glaubwürdigkeit der altrömischen Geschichte (1863).
A collection of original essays by him was published at Heilbronn
Heilbronn
Heilbronn is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is completely surrounded by Heilbronn County and with approximately 123.000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state....
in 1879, under the title Zur Volkskunde.