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Thomas Birkmann

b. 1955

German university teacher

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Born 1955. Thomas Birkmann is a German university teacher.

Thomas Birkmann (born 18 October 1955) is a German philologist who specializes in Germanic studies.

Biography Thomas Birkmann was born un Düsseldorf on 18 October 1955. He received his Ph.D. in Germanic philology at the University of Freiburg in 1986, and habilitated at the University of Freiburg in 1933 with a thesis on runes. Since 2000, Birkmann has been an associate professor of Germanic philology at the University of Freiburg.

Selected works Präteritopräsentia. Morphologische Entwicklungen einer Sonderklasse in den altgermanischen Sprachen. Niemeyer, Tübingen 1986. Von Ågedal bis Malt. Die skandinavischen Runeninschriften vom Ende des 5. bis Ende des 9. Jahrhunderts. de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 1995. (Contributor) Vergleichende Germanische Philologie und Skandinavistik. Fest- und Gedenkschrift für Otmar Werner zum 65. Geburtstag. Niemeyer, Tübingen 1997.

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German university teacher

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Thomas Birkmann was born on 18 October 1955 in Düsseldorf.

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Thomas Birkmann is a university teacher.

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Thomas Birkmann is German.

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