Gustav Gröber, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gustav Gröber

German philologist

Date of Birth: 04-May-1844

Place of Birth: Leipzig, Leipzig District, Germany

Date of Death: 06-Nov-1911

Profession: university teacher, romanist, linguist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Gustav Gröber (4 May 1844 in Leipzig – 6 November 1911 in Ruprechtsau near Strasbourg) was a German Romance philologist. He received his education at Leipzig, taught at Zurich (1871–74), and later became professor at Breslau and the University of Strassburg.
His principal work was in Romance literature and linguistics.
His student, Ernst Curtius, dedicated his classic study, “ European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages” to Gröber.