Alois Brandl

Alois Brandl (Innsbruck, 21 June, 1855 – Berlin, 5 February, 1940) was a philologist specialized in Anglo Saxon literature. He was a great Shakespeare scholar and wrote a number of influential books and articles on Shakespaere's works and times.

Alois Brandl studied in Vienna, Berlin, and London. After he held positions at the universities of Prague, Göttingen, and Strasbourg he became in 1895 professor in English Studies at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Together with Julius Zupitza he founded the institute of Amerikanistik und Anglistik (American and English Studies). In 1914 Brandl undersigned the Manifesto of the 93. He retired in 1923. From 1901 until 1921 Brandl was president of the German Shakespeare Society.