Autograph letter signed, 1897, Feb. 2.

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Autograph letter signed, 1897, Feb. 2.

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Letter addressed to a colleague, George Hempl, professor of German philology at Stanford University, gives a detailed history of the pronunciation, spelling and origin of Vietor's name. He traces his name back to the province of Hesse, Germany in the 16th century and finds the word vietor used by the Roman playwright, Plautus. He traces the use of various diacritics over the letter "e."

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Vietor family.

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Vietor, Wilhelm

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German philologist (1850-1918) teaching in both England and Marburg, Germany. Vietor founded and edited several journals including, ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR ORTHOGRAPHIE and ORTHOEPIE UND SPRACHPHYSIOLOGIE. He also wrote A SHAKESPEARE PHONOLOGY and A SHAKESPEARE READER. From the description of Autograph letter signed, 1897, Feb. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565752 ...

Hempl, George, 1859-1921

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George Hempl was a professor of of English at the University of Michigan. From the guide to the George Hempl pamphlets and reprints, 1892-1915, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) Professor of Germanic philology at Stanford (1896-1921); President of the American Dialect Society and President of the American Philology Association of the Pacific Coast. From the description of George Hempl papers, 1883-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122446061 ...