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Kuno Meyer

German philologist (1858–1919)

Kuno Meyer (20 December 1858 – 11 October 1919) was a German scholar, distinguished in the field of Celtic philology and literature. His pro-German stance at the start of World War I in the United States was a source of controversy.²

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Born Dec 20, 1858, died Oct 11, 1919.¹

About

His brother was the distinguished classical scholar, Eduard Meyer.

Meyer was considered first and foremost a lexicographer among Celtic scholars but is known by the general public in Ireland rather as the man who introduced them to Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry (1911).

He founded and edited four journals devoted to Celtic Studies, published numerous texts and translations of Old and Middle Irish romances and sagas, and wrote prolifically, his topics ranging to name origins and ancient law.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kuno Meyer, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

School of Irish LearningFounder¹¹

Early life and education

Date not recordedLeipzig University³

Born in Hamburg, he studied there at the Gelehrtenschule of the Johanneum. He spent two years in Edinburgh, Scotland, as a teenager (1874–1876) learning English.

From 1879, he attended the University of Leipzig, where he was taught Celtic scholarship by Ernst Windisch. He received his doctorate for his thesis Eine irische Version der Alexandersage, on an Irish version of the Alexander Romance, in 1884.

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Career

Occupation: university teacher, translator, philologist, linguist, celticist.⁷

Since 1911Chair of Celtic in Berlin⁶
Date not recordedWorked at Frederick William University Berlin⁴
Date not recordedWorked at University of Liverpool⁴
Date not recordedFounded School of Irish Learning⁵

Personal life

BornDec 20, 1858, Hamburg⁸
DiedOct 11, 1919, Leipzig⁹
CitizenshipWeimar Republic, Hamburg¹⁰

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WikidataKuno Meyer: Worked at Frederick William University Berlin, on Wikidata
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WikidataKuno Meyer: Chair of Celtic in Berlin, on Wikidata
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WikidataSchool of Irish Learning, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsKuno Meyer photo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain