Thomas Birkmann

Thomas Birkmann (born 18 October 1955) is a German philologist who specializes in Germanic studies.

Biography
Thomas Birkmann was born un Düsseldorf on 18 October 1955. He received his Ph.D. in Germanic philology at the University of Freiburg in 1986, and habilitated at the University of Freiburg in 1933 with a thesis on runes. Since 2000, Birkmann has been an associate professor of Germanic philology at the University of Freiburg.

Selected works

 * Präteritopräsentia. Morphologische Entwicklungen einer Sonderklasse in den altgermanischen Sprachen. Niemeyer, Tübingen 1986.
 * Von Ågedal bis Malt. Die skandinavischen Runeninschriften vom Ende des 5. bis Ende des 9. Jahrhunderts. de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 1995.
 * (Contributor) Vergleichende Germanische Philologie und Skandinavistik. Fest- und Gedenkschrift für Otmar Werner zum 65. Geburtstag. Niemeyer, Tübingen 1997.