Willy Bang Kaup

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Willy Bang Kaup
Born
Johann Wilhelm Max Julius Bang

August 9, 1869
DiedOctober 8, 1934
Children4
Parent(s)Heinrich Bang, Auguste Bang (née Kaup)

Johann Wilhelm Max Julius Bang Kaup, (born August 9, 1869, in Wesel, October 8, 1934, in Darmstadt) (also Willi Bang or Willy Bang or Willy Bang-Kaup) was a German turkologist, linguist and orientalist. [1] [2]

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Biography

Willy Bang Kaup was born to Heinrich Bang and Auguste Bang. Heinrich was a lawyer by profession and was the Mayor. Willy Kaup was inducted to orientalism during his early days. This facts have become evident by H. L. Fleischer during their communications via letters at a later point of time. Bang Kaup did study Manchu, Old Persian, Avestan, and Mongol with Charles de Harlez. In 1893 and 1909 he brought out a new edition of ancient Persian inscriptions together with Friedrich H. Weissbach and wrote several articles on the subject. Both of them also wrote notes on the inscriptions which later became helpful in comprehending the writings. [1] [2]

From 1893 Bang started to carry out researches in ancient Turkish stone inscriptions, the runic alphabet, which had been deciphered by Vilhelm Thomsen using the methods of language comparison with modern Turkic languages and dialects. With Josef Markwart, Bang Kaup achieved a breakthrough in the chronological classification of the inscriptions. From 1910 to 1914, Bang worked on the Codex Cumanicus. Then he returned to the studies of old Turkish manuscripts from Turfan. [1]

During 1895 to 1914, Bang worked as a professor of English in Leuven and wrote several important studies on English literature. When the First World War broke out, Bang left Belgium and in 1917 became professor of Turkish Studies in Frankfurt. In 1918 he was appointed professor at the University of Berlin where he continued the researches about the Turfan manuscripts, especially Manichaean and Christian texts. With Annemarie von Gabain, he published annotated editions of Turfan texts as well as a glossary on the vocabulary of these texts. Bang elaborated the classical issues in the historical grammar of the Turkic languages in his several writings (“Vom Köktürkischen zum Osmanischen,” “Monographien zur türkischen Sprachgeschichte”).

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Zieme, P. (December 15, 1988). "BANG KAUP, JOHANN WILHELM MAX JULIUS". Encyclopaedia Irannica.
  2. 1 2 Karttunen, Dr. Klaus (2017). "BANG KAUP, Willy". whowaswho.
  3. Parentalia : Grundlagen zu einer Geschichte der Bangen. 1908.