Emil Ermatinger

Emil Ermatinger (21 May 1873 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland – 17 September 1953 in Zurich) was a Swiss professor for Germanic philology.

Ermatinger studied classical philology in Zurich and Berlin.

[1] His doctoral advisor was the classical archaeologist and philologist Hugo Blümner.

1909 Ermatinger became a professor for Germanic philology at ETH Zurich.

1939 he was visiting professor at the Columbia University in New York City.