Ferdinand Wolf

Ferdinand Wolf ( born December 8, 1796 in Vienna, † February 18, 1866 in Vienna ) was an Austrian linguist.

Wolf et al studied at the University of Graz Philosophy and law, and then went back to his hometown to record there at the university to study the history of literature. Upon successful completion of 1819 he got a job as Skriptor at the Imperial Court Library and was later promoted to curator there. His son Adolf succeeded him in this office from his successor.

1847 Wolf was instrumental in the founding of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna and ran it for some time as its secretary.

Soon after his 69th birthday Ferdinand Wolf died on 18 February 1866 in Vienna and found his final resting place.

Writings

As author

  • About the latest achievements of the French for the surrender of their national hero poems. Vienna 1833.
  • Floresta de rimas modernas castellanas. 2 vols. Paris 1837.
  • About the Lais, sequences and body. Heidelberg 1841.
  • Rosa de romances. Leipzig 1846 (also known as third part of Georg Bernhard Deppings Romancero ).
  • Through a collection of Spanish romances in flying leaves on the university library in Prague. Vienna 1850.
  • Studies in the History of Spanish and Portuguese national literature. Berlin 1859.
  • Dom Antonio José da Silva, the author of the so-called " operas of the Jews " ( Opera do Judeu ). Gerold, Vienna ( digitized version of the issue of 1860).
  • Le Brésil littéraire. Histoire de la littérature brésilienne. Asher, Berlin 1863 ( digitized at gallica.bnf.fr )
  • Anthology from the scholarly correspondence. Edited by his son Adolf Wolf.

Publisher

  • Stephan Ladislaus Finite: The legend of the brother noise. Vienna 1835.
  • With Konrad Hofmann: Primavera y flor de romances. 2 vols. Berlin 1856.
  • Yearbooks of the literature. In separate prints appeared, among other things: Contributions to the History of the Castilian national literature. Vienna 1832.
  • About Old French romances and Hofpoesie. Vienna 1834.
  • About the Romance Poetry of the Spaniards. Vienna 1847.

Translator

  • George Ticknor: History of Spanish Literature ( "The history of Spanish literature "). Leipzig 1865. Purpose appeared posthumously in 1867 a supplement.
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