Martin Sommerfeld, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Martin Sommerfeld

German literary historian

Date of Birth: 02-May-1894

Place of Birth: Węgorzewo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 26-Jul-1939

Profession: university teacher, literary historian

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Martin Sommerfeld

  • Martin Sommerfeld (May 2, 1894 – July 26, 1939) was a Jewish emigre from Nazi Germany to the U.S.
  • who was a professor at the University of Frankfurt and subsequently at Columbia University, the City College of New York, Smith College, and Middlebury College, where he taught German language and literature.
  • He authored and edited a number of volumes on German literature from the 16th to the 20th centuries, and he wrote numerous contributions to the four-volume Reallexikon der deutschen Literaturgeschichte (1925–31).

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