Adolf Holtzmann | |
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 Adolf Holtzmann | |
| Born | 2 May 1810 |
| Died | 3 July 1870 (aged 60) |
| Education | University of Halle |
| Alma mater | Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin |
| Known for | Holtzmann's law |
| Spouse | Luise |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Philology |
| Workplaces | Heidelberg University |
Academic advisors | Friedrich Schleiermacher |
Adolf Holtzmann (2 May 1810 in Karlsruhe – 3 July 1870 in Heidelberg) was a German professor and philologist. His name is associated with a Proto-Germanic sound law known as Holtzmann's law.
He studied theology at the University of Halle and the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin, where he was a student of Friedrich Schleiermacher. He later studied philology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, where his influences included Johann Andreas Schmeller. Holtzmann also attended classes at the University of Paris given by Eugène Burnouf, and beginning in 1837, spent a number of years working as a tutor to members of Baden royalty. From 1852, he was a professor of German literature and Sanskrit at Heidelberg University, and a notable philologist of his day.
Holtzmann was the father-in-law of Albrecht Kossel, German biochemist and 1910 Nobel laureate, by his marriage to Holtzmann's daughter, Luise, in 1886.
