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1850–1926
A pioneering scholar of Old High German and medieval language, remembered for reference works that helped shape Germanic philology for generations. His editions and grammars became standard tools for students and researchers alike.
by Wilhelm Braune
Born on February 20, 1850, in Großthiemig, Wilhelm Braune was a German philologist and medievalist best known for his work on older stages of the German language. He taught at the universities of Giessen, Heidelberg, and Strasbourg, and built a reputation as one of the key scholars of Germanic and medieval studies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
He is especially associated with foundational books on Old High German and Gothic, including grammars and readers that remained widely used long after his lifetime. Braune also helped establish scholarly standards for editing and studying medieval German texts, which made his work influential far beyond his own era.
Wilhelm Braune died in Heidelberg on November 10, 1926. A confirmed portrait image was not available from the sources I could reliably access here, so the profile image is left blank.