Bernhard Seuffert
Bernhard Seuffert was a German-Austrian philologist, specializing in German studies.
From 1871 he studied classical philology, history and German studies at the University of Würzburg, and afterwards continued his education at Strasbourg as a student of Wilhelm Scherer, Elias von Steinmeyer and Wilhelm Studemund. In 1877 he obtained his habilitation, and subsequently replaced Erich Schmidt as a lecturer at Würzburg. In 1886, he became an associate professor at the University of Graz, where from 1892 to 1924 he worked as a full professor of German philology. In 1913/14 he served as university rector.
In collaboration with Erich Schmidt and Bernhard Ludwig Suphan, he was editor of the .
Maler Müller, 1877 - On the painter Friedrich Müller. Die Legende von der Pfalzgräfin Genovefa, 1877 - The legend of the Palatinate countess Genevieve.Wielands Abderiten, 1878 - Christoph Martin Wieland's Abderites.Deutsche Litteraturdenkmale des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts - German literature monuments of the 18th and 19th centuries.Frankfurter gelehrte Anzeigen vom Jahr 1772 - Frankfurt scholarly notices from the year 1772.Voltaire am abend seiner apotheose, 1881 - Voltaire in the evening of his apotheosis.Der Dichter des Oberon, 1900 - The writer of Oberon.Philologische Betrachtungen im Anschluss an Goethes Werther, 1900 - Philological considerations on Goethe's Werther.Prolegomena zu einer Wieland Ausgabe - Prolegomena to a Christoph Martin Wieland edition.