About Max Förster
Lived 1869 – 1954 (aged 85). Max Förster was a German philologist, university teacher and scholar of English.
Max Theodor Wilhelm Förster (8 March 1869 – 10 November 1954) was a German scholar of Old English.
In 1934, Förster was forced to retire from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU): he was an opponent of the Nazi regime and was married to a Jewish woman and had a Jewish student. He was a visiting professor at Yale University from 1934 to 1936. Wrongly thought to live in the United Kingdom, he was included in The Black Book, a SS list of prominent British residents to be arrested after the invasion of Britain.
Förster was a member of the Saxon and Bavarian Academies of Sciences, an honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy, and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.
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Who was Max Förster?
German philologist (1869-1954)
When was Max Förster born?
Max Förster was born on 8 March 1869 in Gdańsk.
When did Max Förster die?
Max Förster died on 10 November 1954 in Wasserburg am Inn.
What was Max Förster's occupation?
Max Förster was a philologist, university teacher and scholar of English.
What nationality was Max Förster?
Max Förster was German.
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