Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer

Swiss folklorist (1864-1936)

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1864

Place of Birth: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

Date of Death: 28-Nov-1936

Profession: university teacher, philologist

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer

  • Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer (1864–1936) was a Swiss folklorist, Germanist and medievalist, from 1900 professor for phonetics, Swiss dialectology and folklore at the University of Basle and founder of the Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Volkskunde in 1896. His 1902 essay Die Volkskunde als Wissenschaft ("Folkloristics as Science") received international attention.

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