Johannes Hoops (born 20 July 1865 - 14 April 1949) was a German philologist who was Professor of
English philology at the
University of Heidelberg. He is best known as the publisher of the first edition of the ''
Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde'' (1911-1919).
Biography
Johannes Hoops was born in
Bremen
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, Germany on 20 July 1865. He initially studied mathematics and the natural sciences at the universities of
Jena and
Freiburg, and philology and business. He gained his
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at the University of Freiburg in 1889 with a dissertation on
Old English
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plant names. Hoops taught at the
University of Tübingen from 1893 to 1896. Since 1896, Hoops was Associate Professor, and from 1902 Professor, of English philology at the
University of Heidelberg. Throughout his career, Hoops was the editor of several journals on English philology. Hoops became a member of the
Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities in 1932, and a Corresponding Member of the
Prussian Academy of Sciences in 1939. Following
World War II, Hoops briefly served as Rector at the University of Heidelberg.
The research of Hoops centered on ancient botany,
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and
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. Hoops was the publisher of the first edition of the ''
Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde'' (1911-1919).
See also
*
Rudolf Much
*
Hermann Paul
Sources
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1865 births
1949 deaths
Anglo-Saxon studies scholars
German editors
German non-fiction writers
German philologists
Germanic studies scholars
Heidelberg University alumni
Writers from Bremen
University of Freiburg alumni
University of Jena alumni
University of Tübingen alumni
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