| LC control no. | n 2008074714 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Prietze, Rudolf |
| Variant(s) | Prietze, Johannes Rudolf |
| Associated country | Germany Tunisia Egypt |
| Birth date | 1854-09-02 |
| Death date | 1933-03-06 |
| Place of birth | Uchtenhagen (Germany) |
| Place of death | Wernigerode (Germany) |
| Field of activity | Hausa literature Hausa language Kanuri language |
| Profession or occupation | Africanists Linguists |
| Found in | Prietze, Rudolf. Haussa-Sprichwörter und Haussa-Lieder, 1904: t.p. (Rudolf Prietze) The Hausa world of Rudolf Prietze, v. 1, 2013: page 855 (b. 2nd Sep. 1854 in Uchtenhagen; had university education at Halle, Leipzig and Erlangen, studying theology, German and classical philology; earned his PhD at Gottingen at age 62; while in Germany he lived between Berlin and Wernigerode, eventually settling at Wernigerode for the last 19 years of his life; d. 6th Mar. 1933, age 79) page 858 (lived in Tunis 1897-1903, and Cairo 1903-1914) page 4 of cover (Dr. Rudolf Prietze; Dr. Johannes Rudolf Prietz (1854-1933), pioneer of African studies; starting with Ewe language, he devoted most of his life to research and publication of Hausa and Kanuri lores; he conducted his research entirely from Germany and from North Africa, where his sojourn of 17 years was only broken by the impending outbreak of the First World War; he declined an offer of appointment with the German Colonial Institute, preferring to devote his time to studies) |
| Associated language | ger |
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