Georg Baesecke
Georg Paul Baesecke (13 January 1876 – 1 May 1951) was a German philologist who specialized in Germanic studies, particularly the study of Old High German literature. He was Professor and Chair of German Philology at the University of Halle. Biography. George Baesecke was born in Braunschweig, Germany on 13 January 1876. After graduating from the gymnasium in Braunschweig, Baesecke studies classical philology, German philology and philosophy at the universities of Göttingen, Berlin and Heidelberg. He received his PhD in Göttingen in 1899 under the supervision of Gustav Roethe. He received his habilitation at Berlin in 1905. Baesecke was  appointed Associate Professor at the University of Berlin in 1911. Baesecke taught at the University of Königsberg since 1913, and was appointed Professor and Chair of German Philology at the University of Halle in 1921. Baesecke specialized in the study of Old High German literature. He became a member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in 1938, and received the Brothers Grimm Prize of the University of Marburg in 1950.