Arthur Hübner (17 September 1885, Neudamm – 9 March 1937,

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) was a German

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. He specialized in research of

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from the

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(folk songs and folk tales, study of dialects, etc.). From 1904 to 1909, he studied classical and

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at the Universities of

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and

, where he was influenced by the work of Germanist

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. In 1918 he became an associate professor in Berlin, later relocating to

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as a full professor of medieval Germanic studies (1924). In 1927 he succeeded Roethe as professor at the

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.Hübner , Arthur
@ NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie In 1932 he became a member of the

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. In 1932–1937, along with

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, he was editor of the "''

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''".

Selected works

* ''Daniel, eine Deutschordensdichtung''. 1910 – Daniel; German religious poetry. * ''Die poetische bearbeitung des Buches Daniel'', 1911 – Poetic editing of the book of Daniel * ''Die Mundart der Heimat'', 1925 – The dialect of the

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. * ''Die deutschen Geisslerlieder; Studien zum geistlichen Volksliede des Mittelalters'', 1931 – The German Geisslerlieder; Studies of sacred folk songs of the Middle Ages. * ''Herman Wirth und die Ura-Linda-chronik'', 1934 –

Herman Wirth Hermann Felix Wirth (alternatively referred to as Herman Wirth Roeper Bosch or Herman Felix Wirth (although spelled ''Hermann'' on his birth certificate); 6 May 1885 in Utrecht – 16 February 1981 in Kusel) was a Dutch-German historian, a schol ...

and the Ura-Linda Chronicle. * ''Frühe deutsche Lyrik'', 1935 (with Hans Arens) – Early German poetry. * ''Kleine Schriften zur deutschen Philologie'', 1940 – Smaller writings of German philology.OCLC Classify
published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hubner, Arthur 1885 births 1937 deaths Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin Academic staff of the University of Münster People from Dębno German Germanists Germanic studies scholars 20th-century German philologists Scholars of German literature