Hermann Schneider (philologist)

Hermann Schneider (12 August 1886 – 9 April 1961) was a German philologist who specialized in Germanic studies.

Hermann Schneider
Born	12 August 1886 Zweibrücken, Germany
Died	9 April 1961 (aged 74) Tübingen, Germany
Nationality	German
Academic background
Alma mater	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich University of Berlin
Doctoral advisor	Erich Schmidt
Other academic advisors	Friedrich von der Leyen Hermann Paul Andreas Heusler
Academic work
Discipline	Germanic philology
Sub-discipline	German philology Old Norse philology
Institutions	University of Bonn University of Berlin University of Tübingen
Main interests	German literature Germanic mythology
Notable works	Die Götter der Germanen (1938)

Biography

Hermann Schneider was born in Zweibrücken, Germany on 12 August 1886. He studied at the Maximiliansgymnasium in Munich from 1895 to 1904. From 1904 to 1905, Schneider studied at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich under Friedrich von der Leyen, Franz Muncker and Hermann Paul. From 1906 to 1910 he studied German and Romance philology at the University of Berlin under Andreas Heusler, Richard M. Meyer, Erich Schmidt and Wolfgang Schulze.

Schneider received his Ph.D. at Berlin in 1910 under the supervision of Schmidt. Completing his habilitation in 1912, Schneider became a lecturer at the University of Bonn, where he in 1914 was appointed an associate professor. Since 1915 he was an associate professor at the University of Berlin. Since 1921, Schneider was Professor of German Language and Literature at the University of Tübingen. Since 1945 he was Rector at the University.

Schneider was a member of many learned societies, including the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Modern Language Association and the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg. He retired from the University in 1951. Schneider died in Tübingen on 9 April 1961.

Selected works

• Die Götter der Germanen, 1938

Sources

• Christoph König (Hrsg.), unter Mitarbeit von Birgit Wägenbaur u. a.: Internationales Germanistenlexikon 1800–1950. Band 3: R–Z. De Gruyter, Berlin/New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-015485-4.
• Klaus von See (2007), "Schneider, Hermann", Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) (in German), 23, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 298–299; (full text online)