- Johann Georg von Hahn
Valley, 1861.] Johann Georg von Hahn (born
11 July 1811 inFrankfurt am Main ; died23 September 1869 inJena ) was anAustria n diplomat, philologist and specialist inAlbania n history, language and culture.In 1847, Hahn was named Austrian consul in
Ioannina . He was transferred toSyros in 1851, and from 1869 was the consul-general inAthens . He is considered the founder of Albanian studies. He assembled and published source materials on Albanian language and culture, learned theAlbanian language and demonstrated its membership in the Indo-European family of language.References
His published works:
* [http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=bosnia;idno=AHY9953.0001.001 "Albanesische Studien", Bd. 1-3, Jena 1854, reprint Dion.Karavias, Athen 1981]
* Reise von Belgrad nach Salonik. Von J. G. v. Hahn, K. K. Consul für östliche Griechenland. Wien 1861, Mit 2 Karten
*"Griechische und albanesische Märchen", Bd. 1-2, Leipzig 1864, München/Berlin 1918
*"Reise durch die Gebiete von Drin und Wardar", Wien 1867Books about him:
*Gerhard Grimm, "Johann Georg von Hahn (1811-1869) - Leben und Werk", Wiesbaden 1964
*"This article draws heavily on the corresponding article in the German-language wikipedia."
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