Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer

1934 portrait of Eduard Hoffman-Krayer, Schweizerischen Archiv für Volkskunde Band XXXIII (1934) Heft 3/4. Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer (1864–1936) was a Swiss folklorist, Germanist and medievalist, from 1900 professor for phonetics, Swiss dialectology and folklore at the University of Basle and founder of the ''Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Volkskunde'' in 1896. His 1902 essay ''Die Volkskunde als Wissenschaft'' ("Folkloristics as Science") received international attention. Provided by Wikipedia

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