Ernst Alfred Philippson (6 April 1900 – 9 August 1993) was an American philologist who specialized in Germanic studies.
Ernst Alfred Philippson was born in Mönchengladbach, Germany on 6 April 1900 to a prominent Jewish family.
He completed his habilitation in 1928 under the supervision of Herbert Schöffler with a thesis on Anglo-Saxon paganism: Germanisches Heidentum bei den Angelsachsen.
Philippson was deeply involved with the Journal of English and Germanic Philology, where he served as Editor (1953-1957) and Co-editor (1957-1971).
In 1972 the University of Cologne honored Philippson with another doctorate upon the 50th anniversary of obtaining that degree which the Nazi regime had taken away from him.