BERNHARD EGIDIUS KONRAD TEN BRINK (1841-1892)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German philologist, of Dutch origin, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam on the 12th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1841, but was sent to school at See also:

• DUSSELDORF

Dusseldorf, and afterwards studied at See also:

• MUNSTER
• MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN (1489-1552)

Munster, and later under See also:

• DIEZ
• DIEZ, FRIEDRICH CHRISTIAN (1794–1876)

Diez and See also:

• DELIUS, NIKOLAUS (1813–1888)

Delius at See also:

• BONN

Bonn . In 1866 he began to lecture at the Munster See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy on the See also:

• PHILOLOGY

philology of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English and See also:

• ROMANCE

Romance See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages . In 1870 he became See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• MODERN

modern languages at See also:

• MARBURG
• MARBURG, COLLOQUY OF (Marburger Religionsgesprach)

Marburg, and after the reconstitution of See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg University was appointed professor of English there in 1873 . In 1874 he began to edit, in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with W . See also:

• SCHERER, EDMOND HENRI ADOLPHE (1815-1889)
• SCHERER, WILHELM (1841-1886)

Scherer, E . See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin and E . See also:

• SCHMIDT, H
• SCHMIDT, HEINRICH JULIAN (1818-1886)
• SCHMIDT, KARL VON (1817-1875)
• SCHMIDT, WILHELM ADOLF (1812-1887)

Schmidt, Quellen and Forschungen zur Sprache and Kulturgeschichte der germanischen Volker . He devoted himself for many years to the study of See also:

• CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (? 1340-1400)

Chaucer . In 1897 he published Chaucer: Studien zur Geschichte seiner Entwickelung and zur Chronologie seiner Schriften; in 1884, Chaucers Sprache and Verskunst . He also published See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of the See also:

• PROLOGUE (from Gr. 7rpo, before, and Myer, a word)

Prologue and the Compleynte to See also:

• PILE

Pile . Ten Brink's See also:

• WORK

work in this direction stimulated a revival of Chaucer study in the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom as well as in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, and to him was indirectly due the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of the English Chaucer Society . His See also:

• BEOWULF

Beowulf-Untersuchungen (1888) proved a hardly less valuable contribution to the studyof See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early English literature .

His best known work is his Geschichte dcr englischen Literatur (1889-93), (English by H . See also:

• KENNEDY
• KENNEDY, BENJAMIN HALL (1804-1889)
• KENNEDY, THOMAS FRANCIS (1788-1879)
• KENNEDY, WALTER (c. 1460–c. 1508)

Kennedy in See also:

• BOHN, HENRY GEORGE (1796-1884)

Bohn's See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

Standard Library), which was unfortunately never completed, and See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke off just before the Elizabethan See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . It was his intense admiration of See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare that first attracted him to the study of English, and five lectures on Shakespeare delivered at See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort were published after his See also:

• DEATH

death (1893) . Ten Brink died at Strassburg on the 29th of January 1892 . He was a See also:

• GREAT

great teacher as well as an accurate and brilliant writer, and from many countries students flocked to his lecture-See also:

• ROOM

room .