Hermann Suchier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hermann Suchier

German romanist (1848–1914)

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1848

Place of Birth: Bad Karlshafen, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 03-Jul-1914

Profession: university teacher, romanist, literary historian

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Hermann Suchier (11 December 1848, in Carlshafen – 3 July 1914, in Halle an der Saale) was a German Romance philologist of Huguenot ancestry.
He is known for his studies on the history of the French language and the literary history of the Middle Ages.He studied philology and linguistics at the universities of Marburg and Leipzig, qualifying as a lecturer of modern languages at Marburg in 1873.
Soon afterwards, he became an associate professor at the University of Zürich, followed by a full professorship at Münster Academy in 1875.
In 1876 he was appointed chair of Romance philology at the University of Halle, where in 1901/02 he served as academic rector.
In 1879 he founded the journal Bibliotheca normannica.