Moritz Callmann Wahl

Moritz Callmann Wahl (March 28, 1829 – October 15, 1887) was a German writer.

Biography

He was born in Sondershausen, Germany on March 28, 1829. He studied Oriental languages at Leipzig under Julius Fürst and Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer. Later he taught for a time at an English school, and later was a correspondent in a business house at Lyon, France. He settled at Erfurt, Germany, where he founded a business academy. Aside from his teaching activity he pursued scientific studies. He died on October 15, 1887.

Publications

• Beiträge zur Vergleichenden Parömiologie
• Das Sprichwort in der Hebräisch-Aramäischen Literatur
• The Book of Merry Riddles
• Das Sprichwort der Neueren Sprachen
• Die Englische Parömiologie vor Shakespeare
• Das Parömiologische Sprachgut bei Shakespeare

References

• This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain.

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Name	Wahl, Moritz Callmann
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Date of birth	March 28, 1829
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Date of death	October 15, 1887
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