Certificate of an honorary doctorate from the University of Hamburg for Walter Arthur Berendsohn, Hamburg, October 5, 1982
author: Universität Hamburg. Fachbereich Sprachwissenschaften
source date: October 05, 1982
edition published: 1982
language: eng
availability: Certificate of an honorary doctorate from the University of Hamburg for Walter Arthur Berendsohn, Hamburg, October 5, 1982, State Archive Hamburg 361-6 I 0121 Walter Berendsohn. With kind permission

UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Hamburg confers upon

Professor Dr. Dr. Walter Arthur BERENDSOHN

who researched and taught at the University of Hamburg from 1920 to 1933,

who, even after his expulsion from Germany, continued to promote attention to and recognition of German literature as a university lecturer abroad,

who in particular founded, promoted, and effectively stimulated research into German émigré literature and thus became the internationally respected doyen of this field of research,

The title of

HONORARY DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DOCTOR PHILOSOPHIAE HONORIS CAUSA

In witness whereof this certificate is issued, affixed with the seal of the Department and signed by the Speaker.

Hamburg, October 5, 1982

(Professor Dr. Johannes Krogoll) Speaker of the Department

My most sincere congratulations to you.