Paul Requadt (23 January 1902 – 17 July 1983) was a German Germanist.
Born in Twistringen, from 1920 to 1926 Requadt studied law in Göttingen, Heidelberg, Munich and Cologne before switching to German studies, history, philosophy and sociology. After the doctorate in 1926 with Ernst Bertram at the University of Cologne and habilitation in 1944 with Willi Flemming at the University of Rostock, he was privatdozent at the University of Mainz from 1947 to 1950, where he taught as professor of German philology from 1950 to 1970. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Requadt died in Mainz at the age of 81. [6]
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