Siegfried Gutenbrunner (26 May 1906 – 23 November 1984) was an Austrian philologist who specialized in

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Siegfried Gutenbrunner was born in

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, Austria on 26 May 1906. He gained his

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at the

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in 1931. After gaining his

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at Vienna, Gutenbrunner served there as

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(1936–1939) and

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(1939–1943). Since 1943, Gutenbrunner was associate professor of

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and

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at the

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. After the end of

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, held a chair at the

University of Kiel Kiel University, officially the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, (german: link=no, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a public research university in the city of Kiel, G ...

. Since 1950, Gutenbrunner served as associate professor (1950–1955) and professor (1955–1975) of Germanic and Nordic philology at the

University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württe ...

. At Freiburg, Gutenbrunner founded the Seminar for Scandinavian Studies in 1963. Gutenbrunner retired as

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in 1975, and died in

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on 23 November 1984.

Selected works

* ''Die Germanischen Götternamen der Antiken Inschriften'', 1936 * ''Germanische Frühzeit in den Berichten der Antike'', 1939 * ''Schleswig-Holsteins älteste Literatur, von der Kimbernzeit bis zur Gudrundichtung'', 1949 * ''Historische Laut- und Formenlehre des Altisländischen'', 1951 * ''Von Hildebrand und Hadubrand'', 1976

Sources

* Elias H. Füllenbach, Gutenbrunner, Siegfried, in: '' Internationales Germanistenlexikon 1800–1950.'' Band 1: ''A–G.'', hrsg. von Christoph König unter Mitarbeit von Birgit Wägenbaur de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 2003, , S. 640–642. 1906 births 1984 deaths Austrian non-fiction writers Austrian philologists Germanists Germanic studies scholars Old Norse studies scholars Scandinavian studies scholars University of Vienna alumni Academic staff of the University of Freiburg Academic staff of the University of Kiel Academic staff of the University of Vienna Writers on Germanic paganism 20th-century philologists {{Austria-linguist-stub

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