Wilhelm Duschinsky (6 May 1860 – 28 August 1924) was an
Austrian
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* Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent
** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen
* Austrian German dialect
* Something associated with the country Austria, for example:
** Austria-Hungary
** Austria ...
philologist, educator, and writer.
Biography
Duschinsky was born in
Strasnitz,
Moravia
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The medieval and early ...
, on 6 May 1860. He attended the
gymnasium in Vienna, and afterward studied
Romanic and
Germanic philology
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The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, wi ...
at the
Universities of Vienna and
Paris
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. In 1892 he became professor at the in the
seventh district of Vienna.
Besides numerous monographs, he published a number of essays in the ''Archiv für neuere Sprachen und Literatur'', the ''Zeitschrift für österreichische Gymnasien für das Realschulwesen'', and the journal ''Österreichische Mittelschule''.
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1860 births
1924 deaths
19th-century Austrian Jews
19th-century Austrian male writers
20th-century Austrian Jews
20th-century Austrian male writers
Austrian educators
Jews from the Austrian Empire
Jewish educators
Linguists of Germanic languages
Moravian Jews
Romance philologists
University of Paris alumni
University of Vienna alumni
Writers from Austria-Hungary
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