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Erich Auerbach

German philologist (1892-1957).

Born November 9th, 1892 in Berlin. [ref]

Died October 13th, 1957 at 64 years old in Wallingford. [ref]

Occupations
librarian, linguist, literary critic, literary historian, romanist, translator, university teacher, writer
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