Aloïs Brandl

Aloïs Brandl
Aloïs Brandl
Born21 June 1855
Innsbruck, Austria
Died5 February 1940(1940-02-05) (aged 84)
Berlin, Germany
OccupationPhilologist
Scientific career
FieldsPhilology

Alois Brandl (Innsbruck, 21 June, 1855 – Berlin, 5 February, 1940) was an Austrian born German philologist who specialized in early-modern and modern English. He was also a Shakespeare scholar and wrote a number of notable books.

Education

He completed his PhD at the University of Vienna.[1]

Career

He held teaching positions at the universities of Prague, Göttingen, and Strasbourg.[1]

In 1895, he became the professor of English Studies at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Berlin.[1]

Bibliography

He is the author of a number of books:[2][3]

  • History of English Literature: From the fourteenth century
  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the English Romantic School
  • Shakespeare and Germany
  • The Universal Anthology

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Alois Brandl". Knowino. Retrieved April 1, 2026.
  2. ↑ "inauthor:"Alois Brandl"". Google. Retrieved April 1, 2026.
  3. ↑ "creator:"Brandl, Alois, 1855-1940"". Internet Archive. Retrieved April 1, 2026.