Robert Priebsch

Robert Priebsch (1866-1935) was a German professor and philologist.

From 1898 to 1931 he was a professor at University College London. With one of his students, W. E. Collinson, he published The German Language (1934).[1] His two-volume Deutsche Handschriften in England (Erlangen 1896-1901) is a standard in the field.[2]

His extensive collection of books and manuscripts was left to his daughter Hannah and his son-in-law August Closs;[3] augmented significantly by Closs, the collection included 2300 volumes of 17th to 19th-century books which now comprise the Priebsch-Closs collection of the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies in London.[4]

His correspondence with Elias von Steinmeyer was edited and published by Closs.[1][2]

Select bibliography
  • Robert Priebsch-Elias von Steinmeyer: Briefwechsel. Ausgewahlt und herausgegeben von August Closs (Berlin: Erich Schmidt, 1979)[1]

References
  1. Penzl, Herbert (1981). "Rev. Robert Priebsch-Elias von Steinmeyer: Briefwechsel". Language. 57 (1): 229–30. doi:10.2307/414304. JSTOR 414304.
  2. O'C. Walshe, M. (1981). "Rev. of Cross, Robert Priebsch-Elias von Steinmeyer: Briefwechsel". Modern Language Review. 76 (3): 755–56. doi:10.2307/3727475. JSTOR 3727475.
  3. "Closs, August Max". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29986. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. Flood, John L. (1991). "Die mittelalterlichen Handschriften der Bibliothek des Institute of Germanic Studies, London". Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum und deutsche Literatur. 120 (3): 325–30. JSTOR 20658056.
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