Heinrich Beck (philologist)
Heinrich Beck | |
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| Born | 2 April 1929 Nördlingen, Germany |
| Died | 5 June 2019 (aged 90) Munich, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Order of the Falcon (1988) |
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| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Germanic philology |
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| Main interests | Early Germanic culture |
| Notable works | Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (1968-2008) |
Heinrich Beck (born 2 April 1929 – 5 June 2019) was a German philologist who specialized in Germanic studies. A Professor of Ancient German and Nordic Studies at Saarland University and later the University of Bonn, Beck was a co-editor of the second edition of Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde and one of the world's leading experts on early Germanic culture.