"Brief 18-7"

Name of traveller

Hugo Schuchardt (1842-1927)

Reason for travel

• study of the Welsh language and Welsh language culture

Date of travel

summer 1875

Als ich 1876 [sic] in Wales war, brachte ich 8 Tage bei [John Rhŷs] und seiner Familie in Rhyl zu; die kleine Myfanwy mit der ich mich damals ergötzte, muss nunmehr etwa 30 Jahre zählen. Ich gedachte dieses meines Gastaufenthaltes auf dankbare Weise in meinen “Keltischen Briefen”. (Schuchardt 1-2)

Content

• language: inspiration to learn Welsh language through friendship with John Rhŷs (1840-1915) who he met in Leipzig during early 1870s
• people: stayed eight days with John Rh?s and family during his visit to Wales in 1875
• compare with the author's detailed essay in German about the same journey
• click here to read the full account

Nationality of traveller

Austrian

Language of publication

German

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

letter

Citation

Schuchardt, Hugo. "Brief 18-7." Letter to Pio Rajna. 26 Sept. 1903. Graz: 1-2. Hugo Schuchardt Archiv. Web. 5 Feb. 2015.