Otto Basler

Otto Basler (8 May 1892 in Kitzingen, Bavaria – 28 May 1975 in Freiburg im Breigau) was a German philologist.

Basler studied German, Romance studies, English and History at the University of Freiburg. In World War I he was a reserve officer. After his graduation, he was a librarian at the University of Freiburg until 1936 when he became the librarian at the German army library from 1936–1945 in Berlin. In 1943 he started teaching at the University of Munich, first with a training order for German philology and folklore and in 1947 he became a professor at the university. 1952 up to his retirement he taught at Freiburg university. He left Freiburg im Breisgau, where he taught since 1952 as a fee professor in 1959. Basler was involved in the German orthography reform of 1944. After the end of the World War II he published his proposals for a spelling reform in his Leibniz publishing house.

See also

• German orthography reform of 1944

References

• Reich Ministry for Science and Education (eds): Rules for the German spelling words and directory, Berlin: German schoolbook publisher, 1944
• Otto Basler:. Rules and glossary, Munich: Leibniz (later Oldenbourg), 1948 and elsewhere
• Wolfgang Kopke : Spelling and constitutional reform, Tübingen: Mohr, 1995
• Theodor Ickler: The only real spelling reform in Germany, in: Sueddeutsche Zeitung No. 129, 8 Juni 1998, S. 9 June 1998, p. 9
• Hanno Birken-Bertsch and Reinhard Markner : Spelling Reform and National Socialism. A chapter from the political history of the German language, Göttingen: Wallstein, 2000. ISBN 3-89244-450-1

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Name	Basler, Otto
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Date of birth	8 May 1892
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Date of death	28 May 1975
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