German
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German has been formally taught at Edinburgh University since 1894, when Otto Schlapp (1859-1939) was appointed Lecturer. The Chair of German was instituted in 1919 but not filled until the appointment of Schlapp as Professor in 1926.
Professors of German (1918-1951)
- 1926-1929: Otto Schlapp (1859-1939)
- 1929-1951: Walter Horace Bruford (1894-1988)
- 1951-1969: Eudo Colecestra Mason (1901-1969)
- 1969-1989: Nicholas Arthur Furness (1923-1996)
- 1970-1981: Paul Bernard Salmon (1921-1997)
- 1990-2004: Dietrich Scheunemann (1939-2005)