Gurlitt (surname)

Gurlitt is a German surname derived from an ancient German personal name Gauralt,[1] from Gorolt,[2] or from Gorlet, which derived from Gaurald.[3] The name is most notably held by the Gurlitt family.

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Cornelia Gurlitt (1890–1919), German artist
  • Cornelius Gurlitt (1932–2014), German art collection owner
  • Cornelius Gurlitt (1850–1938), German architect and art historian
  • Cornelius Gurlitt (1820–1901), German composer
  • Emanuel Gurlitt (1826–1896), German watchmaker, writer, and mayor
  • Fritz Gurlitt (1854–1893), German art dealer and collector
  • Hildebrand Gurlitt (1895–1956), German art historian and Nazi art dealer
  • Johann Friedrich Karl Gurlitt (1802–1864), German theologian
  • Johann Gottfried Gurlitt (1754–1827), German philologist and school teacher
  • Louis Gurlitt (1812–1897), Danish-German painter
  • Ludwig Gurlitt (1855–1931), German educator
  • Manfred Gurlitt (1890–1972), German opera composer and conductor
  • Wilibald Gurlitt (1889–1963), German musicologist
  • Wolfgang Gurlitt (1888–1965), German art dealer and museum director

References

  1. ↑ Dictionary of American family names (Second ed.). Oxford University Press. 2022. ISBN 9780190245122.
  2. ↑ Bahlow, Hans; Gentry, Edda; Geitz, Henry (1993). Dictionary of German names. Madison, WI: Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison. p. 196. ISBN 0924119357.
  3. ↑ Gottschald, Max (1954). Deutsche Namenkunde. Berlin: Verlag Walter de Gruyter u. Co. p. 278.
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