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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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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
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Lived 1864 to 1936 · aged 71
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