- Julius Pokorny
Julius Pokorny (
12 June 1887 –8 April 1970 ) was a scholar of theCeltic languages , particularly Irish, and a supporter ofIrish nationalism . He was born inPrague ,Austria–Hungary and studied at theUniversity of Vienna , where he also taught from 1913 to 1920. From 1920 to 1935, he held the chair of Celticphilology at Friedrich Wilhelm University inBerlin , before the Nazis discovered that, in spite of being a German nationalist, he was ofJew ish descent.He was the editor of the important journal "Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie" before
World War II , and was responsible for reviving it afterwards.He escaped to
Switzerland in 1943, [Keogh p103] where he taught for a few years at theUniversity of Berne and at theUniversity of Zürich until his retirement in 1959. In 1954, he received an honorary professorship atLudwig Maximilians University of Munich , where he taught part-time in 1956 and again from 1960 to 1965. He is the author of the "Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch " ("Indo-European Etymological Dictionary"; 1959) which is still widely used today. He died inZürich in 1970 almost three weeks after being hit by atram not far from his home.External links
* (Partially in German) [http://volny.cz/enelen/pok.htm Bibliography of the Scientific Publications of Julius Pokorny]
* [http://www.fourcourtspress.ie/product.php?intProductID=592 Book announcement for Pól Ó Dochartaigh, "Julius Pokorny, 1887–1970: Germans, Celts and nationalism"]References
*cite book|last=Ó Dochartaigh|first=Pól|year=2004|title=Julius Pokorny, 1887–1970: Germans, Celts and Nationalism|location=Dublin|publisher=Four Courts Press|id=ISBN 1-85182-769-2
*cite book|last=Keogh|first=Dermot|year=1998|title=Jews in Twentieth Century Ireland Refugees, Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust|location=Cork|publisher=Cork University Press|id=ISBN 9781859181508Notes
Persondata
NAME=Pokorny, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Austrian linguist
DATE OF BIRTH=1887-06-12
PLACE OF BIRTH=Prague
DATE OF DEATH=1970-04-08
PLACE OF DEATH=Zürich
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