Peter Wiesinger

Peter Wiesinger
Born	(1938-05-15) 15 May 1938 Vienna, Austria
Nationality	Austrian
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Vienna University of Marburg
Doctoral advisor	Otto Höfler
Academic work
Discipline	Germanic philology
Institutions	University of Marburg University of Vienna
Main interests	History of the German language German dialects

Peter Wiesinger (born 15 May 1938) is an Austrian philologist who specializes in Germanic studies.

Biography

Peter Wiesinger was born in Vienna, Austria on 15 May 1938. He received his PhD at the University of Vienna, was subsequently a researcher on German at the University of Marburg. Wiesinger habilitated at Marburg in 1969 was appointed a professor there in 1971.

From 1972 to 2006, Wiesinger was Professor of German Language and Old German Literature at the University of Vienna. He was President of the International Association for Germanic Studies from 1995 to 2000, and has served as its Honorary President since 2001. He is a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Polish Academy of Learning.

See also

• Heinrich Beck
• Hermann Reichert
• Helmut Birkhan
• Rudolf Simek
• Wilhelm Heizmann
• Otto Gschwantler

Sources

• "Peter Wiesinger". University of Vienna. Retrieved September 6, 2020.