Jakob Baechtold, surname sometimes spelled as Bächtold (27 January 1848, Schleitheim – 7 August 1897, Zurich) was a Swiss literary scholar.
He studied German philology under Adolf Holtzmann at Heidelberg University, then continued his education at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and in 1870, he received his doctorate from the University of Tübingen with a thesis on the Lanzelet of Ulrich von Zatzikhoven. From 1872, he worked as a schoolteacher in Solothurn and Zurich, and from 1879 to 1884 he headed the feuilleton of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ).Baechtold, Jakob in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, herausgegeben von der Historischen Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Band 47 (1903), S. 745–747.Bächtold / Baechtold, Jakob Historischen Lexikon der Schweiz
In 1880, he obtained his habilitation at the University of Zurich, where in 1888 he was named a full professor of German literature. In Zurich, he also gave lectures at the Polytechnic School from 1896.
Selected works Lexicalisch-etymologische und grammatische Versuche älterer Zeit, 1876 – Lexicologic-etymological and grammatical essays from an earlier era. Bibliothek älterer Schriftwerke der deutschen Schweiz und ihres Grenzgebietes (edited with Ferdinand Vetter; 1877–1892) – Library of older literary works of German-speaking Switzerland and its border areas. Gedichte (by Heinrich Leuthold; edited by Baechtold, 2nd edition 1880). Deutsches lesebuch für höhere Lehranstalten der Schweiz, 1880 – German reader for higher educational institutions in Switzerland. Geschichte der Deutschen Literatur in der Schweiz, 1892 – History of German literature in Switzerland. Gottfried Kellers Leben (3 volumes, 1894–1897) – Biography of Gottfried Keller.Jakob Baechtold de.Wikisource (bibliography)HathiTrust Digital Library (published works) He was the author of numerous biographies in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.Kategorie:ADB:Autor:Jakob Baechtold at Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
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