Adolf Holtzmann

Adolf Holtzmann
Adolf Holtzmann
Born	(1810-05-02)2 May 1810 Karlsruhe
Died	3 July 1870(1870-07-03)(aged 60) Heidelberg
Nationality	German
Education	University of Halle
Alma mater	University of Berlin
Known for	Holtzmann's Law
Spouse	Luise
Scientific career
Fields	Philology
Institutions	University of Heidelberg
Academic advisors	Friedrich Schleiermacher

Adolf Holtzmann(2 May 1810 inKarlsruhe– 3 July 1870 inHeidelberg) was a German professor andphilologist.His name is associated with aProto-Germanicsound lawknown asHoltzmann's Law.

He studiedtheologyat the universities ofHalleandBerlin,where he was a student ofFriedrich Schleiermacher.He later studied philology at theUniversity of Munich,where his influences includedJohann Andreas Schmeller.Holtzmann also attended classes inParisgiven byEugène Burnouf,and beginning in 1837, spent a number of years working as a tutor to members ofBadenroyalty.From 1852 he was a professor ofGerman literatureandSanskritat theUniversity of Heidelberg,and a notablephilologistof his day.

Holtzmann was the father-in-law ofAlbrecht Kossel,Germanbiochemistand 1910Nobel laureate,by his marriage to Holtzmann's daughter, Luise, in 1886.

Selected works

• Ueber den griechischen Ursprung des indischen Thierkreises,1841 – On the Greek origin of theIndian zodiac.
• Über den Umlaut. Zwei Abhandlungen,1843 – Onumlaut:two treatises.
• Über den Ablaut,1844 – Onablaut.
• Beiträge zur Erklärung der persischen Keilinschriften,1845 – Contributions to the explanation ofPersian cuneiforminscriptions.
• Indische Sagen,1st part 1845 and 3rd part 1847 (2nd ed. in two volumes 1854) – Indian legends.
• Untersuchungen über das Nibelungenlied,1854 – Investigations of the "Nibelungenlied".
• Kelten und Germanen. Eine historische Untersuchung,1855 – Celts and Germans, a historical study.
• Der große Wolfdieterich,1865 –Wolfdietrich.
• Altdeutsche Grammatik, umfassend die gotische, altnordische, altsächsische Sprache,1870-75 (withAlfred Holder) – Old Germanic grammar; spanningGothic,Old NorseandOld Saxon.
• Germanische Alterthümer. Mit Text, Übersetzung und Erklärung von Tacitus Germania,1873 – Germanic antiquities with text, translation and explanation ofTacitus' "Germania".
• Deutsche Mythologie,1874 (edited by Alfred Holder; published posthumously) –German mythology.

See also

• Holtzmann's Law

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Wood, James,ed. (1907).The Nuttall Encyclopædia.London and New York: Frederick Warne.{{cite encyclopedia}}:Missing or empty|title=(help)

External links

• Works by or about Adolf Holtzmannat theInternet Archive