Kuno Meyer
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Kuno Meyer (20 December 1858 – 11 October 1919) was a German scholar, distinguished in the field of Celtic philology and literature. His pro-German stance at the start of World War I in the United States was a source of controversy. His brother was the distinguished classical scholar, Eduard Meyer.
Kuno Meyer | |
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Born | (1858-12-20)20 December 1858 Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg |
Died | 11 October 1919(1919-10-11) (aged 60) Leipzig, Germany |
Occupation | Academic |
Nationality | German |
Meyer was considered first and foremost a lexicographer among Celtic scholars but is known by the general public in Ireland rather as the man who introduced them to Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry (1911).[1][2]
He founded and edited four journals devoted to Celtic Studies,[2] published numerous texts and translations of Old and Middle Irish romances and sagas, and wrote prolifically, his topics ranging to name origins and ancient law.[3]