Max Koch (22 December 1855 – 19 December 1931) was a German historian and literary critic.
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Biography
He studied at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München as a student of Michael Bernays, receiving his PhD in 1878. Subsequently, he continued his education in Berlin, London, and Paris, and became a docent at Marburg University in 1879. He was appointed an assistant professor of literary history at the University of Breslau in 1890, where in 1895 he became a full professor. In 1918, he was named university rector.
Work
Helferich Peter Sturz : nebst einer Abhandlung über die schleswigischen Literaturbriefe mit Benützung handschriftlicher Quellen (Munich, 1879) – Helfrich Peter Sturz : together with a treatise on Schleswig literature letters, etc..
Ueber die Beziehungen der englischen Literatur zur deutschen im 18. Jahrhundert (Leipzig, 1883) – On the relationship of English literature for Germans in the 18th century.
Shakespeares Leben – Shakespeare's life.
Franz Grillparzer. Eine charakteristik (1891) – On Franz Grillparzer.