Wilhelm Kosch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wilhelm Kosch

Austrian lexicographer, literary historian and germanist

Date of Birth: 02-Oct-1879

Place of Birth: Drahany, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 20-Dec-1960

Profession: university teacher, Germanist, literary historian, lexicographer

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Wilhelm Franz Josef Kosch (2 October 1879 – 20 December 1960) was a German historian of literature and theatre and lexicographer.
The lexicon that he conceived and later revised several times, the Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon is a references in the field of German literature. Born in Drahany in Mähren, Kosch died in Vienna in 1960 at age 81.