Robert Priebsch

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Robert Priebsch (1866-1935) was a German professor and philologist.

From 1898 to 1931 he was a professor at University College London. With one of his students, W. E. Collinson, he published The German Language (1934). [1] His two-volume Deutsche Handschriften in England (Erlangen 1896–1901) is a standard in the field. [2]

His extensive collection of books and manuscripts was left to his daughter Hannah and his son-in-law August Closs; [3] augmented significantly by Closs, the collection included 2300 volumes of 17th to 19th-century books which now comprise the Priebsch-Closs collection of the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies in London. [4]

His correspondence with Elias von Steinmeyer was edited and published by Closs. [1] [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 O'C. Walshe, M. (1981). "Rev. of Cross, Robert Priebsch-Elias von Steinmeyer: Briefwechsel". Modern Language Review . 76 (3): 755–56. doi:10.2307/3727475. JSTOR   3727475.
  3. "Closs, August Max". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29986.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. Flood, John L. (1991). "Die mittelalterlichen Handschriften der Bibliothek des Institute of Germanic Studies, London". Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum und deutsche Literatur . 120 (3): 325–30. JSTOR   20658056.