Moritz Trautmann Explained

Moritz Trautmann (24 March 1842, in Klöden – 23 April 1920, in Frankfurt) was a German Anglist.

He studied classical philology and modern languages at the universities of Halle and Berlin, and taught classes in Küstrin and Stettin. In 1876 he qualified as a lecturer of English philology, and four years later became an associate professor of English language and literature at the University of Bonn (full professor in 1885).^[1]

In 1877, with Richard Paul Wülker, he was cofounder of the journal Anglia,^[2] and from 1898 was editor of the Bonner Beiträge zur Anglistik.^[1]

Selected works

• Bildung und Gebrauch der Tempora und Modi in der Chanson de Roland, 1871  - Formation and the use of tenses and modes in La Chanson de Roland.
• Über Verfasser und Entstehungszeit einiger alliterirender Gedichte des Altenglischen, 1876.
• Lachmanns Betonungsgesetze und Otfrids Vers, 1877  - Karl Lachmann's emphasis and Otfrid of Weissenburg's verse.
• Golagrus und Gawain, 1878 (as editor)  - Golagros and Gawane.
• Die Sprachlaute : im allgemeinen, und die Laute des englischen, französischen und deutschen im besondern, 1884  - Language sounds, in general, and the sounds of English, French, and German, in particular.
• Kynewulf, der Bischof und Dichter: Untersuchungen über seine Werke und sein Leben, 1898  - Cynewulf, the bishop and poet; studies of his life and works.
• Kleine Lautlehre des Deutschen, Französischen und Englischen, 1903  - Small phoneme of German, French and English.
• Finn und Hildebrand: zwei beiträge zur kenntnis der altgermanischen heldendichtung, 1903  - Finn and Hildebrand; two contributions to the knowledge of the old German heroic poem.
• Das Beowulflied; als anhang das Finn-bruchstück und die Waldhere-bruchstücke, 1904.
• Die altenglischen Rätsel : (die Rätsel des Exeterbuchs), 1915  - Old English riddles: (the riddles of the Exeter Book).^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=1NVRfl4gCw0C&dq=%22Trautmann%2C+Moritz%22+1842+Kl%C3%B6den&pg=PA76 Thibaut - Zycha
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=1NVRfl4gCw0C&dq=%22W%C3%BClker%2C+Richard%22+1845+Frankfurt&pg=PA620 Dictionary of German Dictionary
3. http://worldcat.org/identities/viaf-71756886/ Most widely held works by Moritz Trautmann
4. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=%22Trautmann,Moritz,1842-1920.%22&type=author&inst= HathiTrust Digital Library