Hermann Suchier Explained

Hermann Suchier (11 December 1848, in Carlshafen  - 3 July 1914, in Halle an der Saale) was a German Romance philologist of Huguenot ancestry. He is known for his studies on the history of the French language and the literary history of the Middle Ages.^[1]

He studied philology and linguistics at the universities of Marburg and Leipzig, qualifying as a lecturer of modern languages at Marburg in 1873. Soon afterwards, he became an associate professor at the University of Zürich, followed by a full professorship at Münster Academy in 1875. In 1876 he was appointed chair of Romance philology at the University of Halle, where in 1901/02 he served as academic rector. In 1879 he founded the journal Bibliotheca normannica.^{[2] [3]}

Selected works

• Aucassin und Nicolete, 1878  - Aucassin and Nicolette.
• Bibliotheca normannica; Denkmäler normannischer Literatur und Sprache (from 1879)  - Bibliotheca normannica; monuments of Norman literature and language.
• Oeuvres poétiques de Philippe de Remi, sire de Beaumanoir (2 volumes 1884–85)  - Poetic works of Philippe de Rémi, father of Philippe de Beaumanoir.
• Altfranzösische Grammatik, 1893  - Old French grammar.
• Les Narbonnais; chanson de geste (2 volumes, 1898)  - Aymeri de Narbonne; chanson de geste.
• Geschichte der französischen litteratur von den ältesten zeiten bis zur gegenwart (with Adolf Birch-Hirschfeld, 1900)  - History of French literature from the earliest times to the present.
• Die französische und provenzalische Sprache und ihre Mundarten, 1906  - French and Provençal language and their dialects.
• La chançun de Guillelme. Französiches volksepos des XI. jahrhunderts, 1911  - Chanson de Guillaume; French epics of the 11th century.^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=0-hrRQvGV7sC&dq=%22Suchier%2C+Hermann%22+1848+Karlshafen&pg=PA643 Schmidt - Theyer
2. http://www.catalogus-professorum-halensis.de/suchierhermann.html Hermann Suchier
3. http://lagis-hessen.de/en/subjects/rsrec/sn/bio/register/person/entry/suchier,+walther Suchier, Hermann Heinrich Ludwig
4. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=%22Suchier,Hermann,1848-1914.%22&type=author&inst= HathiTrust Digital Library