Johann von Kelle
Johann von Kelle (March 15, 1828 in Regensburg – January 30, 1909 in Prague) was a German philologist who studied the German language.
Biography
He attended the University of Munich where he studied classical philology. Inspired by Johann Andreas Schmeller, he turned his attention to the German language, and received a Ph.D. from the University of Würzburg in 1854. From 1855 to 1857, he was an editor for a Berlin publisher, where he oversaw the development of an encyclopedia. During this time, he got to know the Grimm brothers. In 1857 he was made professor of the German language and literature in the University of Prague where he spent the rest of his years.
Works
His work on Otfrid von Weissenburg includes:
- Otfrids von Weissenburg Evangelienbuch (1856)
- Die Formen und Lautlehre der Sprache Otfrids (1869)
- Christi Leben und Lehre, besungen von Otfrid: Aus dem Althochdeutschen übersetzt (1870)
- Glossar zu Otfrids Evangelienbuch (1879–81).
His work on Notker Labeo is no less important: in general it aims to prove that the writings bearing his name are not by a school or group of translators, but by Notker alone. Writings include:
- Verbum und Nomen in Notkers Boëthius (1885)
- Die Sankt Galler deutschen Schriften und Notker Labeo (1888)
- Untersuchungen zur Ueberlieferung, Uebersetzung, Grammatik der Psalmen Notkers (1889)
Other works:
- Die Jesuitengymnasien in Oesterreich (1873)
- Vergleichende Grammatik der germanischen Sprachen, vol. i. (1863)
- Geschichte der deutschen Litteratur von der ältesten Zeit bis zur Mitte des 11. Jahrhunderts (1892)
- Ueber die Quelle von Ezzos Gesang von den Wundern Christi (1893)
- Speculum Ecclesiae (1858)
Notes
References
- "Kelle, Johann von". Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon (PDF) (in German). 3 (13th? (1815-1950) ed.). 1963. p. 286.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Kelle, Johann". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.