Heinz Klingenberg (philologist)

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Heinz Klingenberg
Born (1934-10-09) 9 October 1934 (age 86)
Nauen, Germany
NationalityGerman
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Discipline Germanic studies
Sub-discipline Old Norse studies
Institutions
  • University of Freiburg
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Heinz Klingenberg (born 9 October 1934) is an German philologist who specializes in Old Norse studies.

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Heinz Klingenberg was born in Nauen, Germany on 9 October 1934. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Freiburg in 1959, where he completed his habilitation in 1970. He was appointed an associate professor there in 1973. From 1979 until his retirement in 2000, Klingenberg was Professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Freiburg.

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