Karl Wilhelm Franz Brümmer (17 November 1836,

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– 30 January 1923,

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) was a German

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and

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. He attended the teaching seminar in

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and later worked as an instructor in

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(from 1856) and

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(from 1860). In 1863 he moved to

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, where in 1879 he was appointed conrector of the boys' school.

Published works

He is best remembered as the author of detailed

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s involving German poets and writers of prose, such as: * ''Lexikon der deutschen Dichter und Prosaisten von den ältesten Zeiten bis zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts'', (1884) – Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the earliest times to the end of the 18th century. * ''Deutsches Dichter-Lexicon. Biographische und bibliographische Mittheilungen über deutsche Dichter aller Zeiten. Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Gegenwart'' (2 volumes 1886–87) – German lexicon of poets; biographical and bibliographical information.
''Lexikon der deutschen Dichter und Prosaisten von Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur Gegenwart''
(8 volumes, 6th edition 1913) – Lexicon of German poets and prose writers of the early 19th century to the present. He was the author of over 200 biographies in the ''

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''.Kategorie:ADB:Autor:Franz Brümmer
''de.Wikisource''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brummer, Franz 1836 births 1923 deaths Linguists from the Kingdom of Prussia 19th-century German linguists Heads of schools in Germany 19th-century German lexicographers People from Ostprignitz-Ruppin