[Maximilian]. American philologist, born in Vexiö, Sweden, on the 1st of November 1820. He was educated in Prussia and studied law in Rome. He moved to the United States in 1842, and in 1844 was made professor of modern languages in the University of Virginia. He published many important works on philology and historical subjects; among them may be mentioned Outlines of Comparative Philology (1851); Romance of American History (1872); The English of the New World (1873); and Myths of the Rhine (1874), which was illustrated by Gustave Doré. He edited many language textbooks and became a prominent member of the American Philological Society.
