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Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer

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Swiss folklorist (1864-1936)

SwitzerlandAcademicsLived 1864 to 1936 · aged 71
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Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer (1864-1936) was a Swiss folklorist, Germanist and medievalist, from 1900 professor for phonetics, Swiss dialectology and folklore at the University of Basel and founder of the Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Volkskunde in 1896.

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1934 portrait of Eduard Hoffman-Krayer, Schweizerischen Archiv für Volkskunde Band XXXIII (1934) Heft 3/4.1934 portrait of Eduard Hoffman-Krayer, Schweizerischen Archiv für Volkskunde Band XXXIII (1934) Heft 3/4.

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Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer (1864-1936) was a Swiss folklorist, Germanist and medievalist, from 1900 professor for phonetics, Swiss dialectology and folklore at the University of Basel and founder of the Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Volkskunde in 1896. His 1902 essay Die Volkskunde als Wissenschaft received international attention.

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Switzerland
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Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1864 to 1936 · aged 71
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