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==Biography==

Ernst Alfred PhilippsonwasPhilippson was born in [[Mönchengladbach]], Germany on 6 April 1900 to a prominent [[Jewish]] family. He was the son of the dentist Ernst Moritz Philippson (1871-1924) and Johanna Mühlinghaus (1878-1945). He was thefirst cousin ofto thea distinguished geographer [[Alfred Philippson]], and the husband of Margarete Josephine Hecker (1903-1989).

Since 1918, Philippson studied [[German language|German]], [[English language|English]] and history at the universities of [[University of Bonn|Bonn]], [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich|Munich]] and [[University of Cologne|Cologne]]. He received his [[Ph.D.]] in [[German philology]] at Cologne in 1924 under the supervision of [[Friedrich von der Leyen]] with a thesis on [[fairy tale]]s: ''Der Märchentypus von [[King Thrushbeard|König Drosselbart]]''. He completed his [[habilitation]] in 1928 under the supervision of {{ill|[[:de:Herbert Schöffler|de}}Herbert Schöffler]] with a thesis on [[Anglo-Saxon paganism]]: ''Germanisches Heidentum bei den Angelsachsen''.

SinceStarting in 1928, Philippson wasbecame a lecturer in [[English philology]] at the University of Cologne. He emigrated to the [[United States]] in September 1933, andbecause of [[Universities in Nazi Germany|anti-Jewish policies being implemented at universities in Germany]]. His Ph.D. from University of Cologne was rescinded on the orders of [[Joseph Goebbels]]. Philippson subsequently served as assistant professor of German at the [[University of Michigan]]. During [[World War II]] he taught German in the [[United States Army]].

Philippson transferred to the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]] in 1947, where he served as Associate Professor (1947-1951) and Professor (1951-1968) of [[Germanic philology|Germanic Philology]]. Philippson specialized in the study of [[German literature|German]] and [[English literature]], and [[Germanic paganism|Germanic religion]], and taught [[Old High German]] literature through to the period of 17th century literature. [[Elmer H. Antonsen]], one of his students, replaced him upon his retirement at the University of Illinois. Philippson was deeply involved with the ''[[Journal of English and Germanic Philology]]'', where he served as Editor (1953-1957) and Co-editor (1957-1971). He was a member of several learned societies, including [[American Association of Teachers of German]], the [[Modern Language Association]] and the [[Linguistic Society of America]].

Philippson retired in 1968, but continued theto lecture at [[Columbia University]] after his retirement. In 1972 the University of Cologne honored Philippson with another doctorate upon the 50th anniversary of obtaining that degree which the Nazi regime had taken away from him. This was the first time in history that a doctorate was re-awarded among any of the German universities. He died in [[Urbana, Illinois]] on 9 August 1993.

==Selected works==

*''Der Märchentypus von König Drosselbart'' (Greifswald 1923)

*''"Der Germanische Mütter- und Matronenkult am Niederrhein''". In: ''[[The Germanic Review]]'' Bdvol. 19, 1944, Spp. 81–142. {{doi|10.1080/19306962.1944.11786183}}

*"Neuere Forschungen Zum Westgermanenproblem und Zur Ausgliederung der Germanischen Stämme." In: ''Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures.'' 8:1 (1954), pp. 18-32. {{doi|10.1080/00397709.1954.10733807}}

*''Germanisches Heidentum bei den Angelsachsen'' (Leipzig, B. Tauchnitz, 1929. NachdruckReprinted: New York, Johnson Reprint Corp., 1966)

*''Die Genealogie der Götter in germanischer Religion, Mythologie und Theologie.'' (Urbana Illinois Studies in Language and Literature, PLMAVol. 37, No. 3. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1953). Pp. 94.

*"Phänomenologie, vergleichende Mythologie und germanische Religionsgeschichte". ''PMLA'', vol. 77, no. 3 (June 1962), pp. 187-193. {{doi|10.2307/460477}}

==Sources==

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* [[Johanna Philippson]]: ''The Philippsons, a German-Jewish Family 1775–1933''. In: ''[[Leo Baeck Institut]]e Yearbook '' 7 (1962), 95–118.

* [[Christoph König (Germanist)|Christoph König]] (Hrsg.), unter Mitarbeit von Birgit Wägenbaur u. a.: ''[[Internationales Germanistenlexikon 1800–1950]].''. Band 2: ''H–Q.'' De Gruyter, Berlin/New York 2003, {{ISBN|3-11-015485-4}}, Spp. 1405–1406. (in German)

* James M. McGlathery: ''German and Scandinavian at Illinois: a History'', Urbana: University of Illinois Pr., 1990, pp. 64-65.

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