Background
Strunk, Klaus Albert was born on August 22, 1930 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Son of Albert Friedrich and Hedwig (Schaefer) Strunk.
Strunk, Klaus Albert was born on August 22, 1930 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Son of Albert Friedrich and Hedwig (Schaefer) Strunk.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Cologne, Germany, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy habilitation, University Cologne, Germany, 1965.
Director Institute of Indo-European Linguistics and Indo-Iranian Philology 1967-1977. Professor, University of Munich and Director Institute of General and Indo-European Linguistics since 1977, Dean Department I (Linguistics and Literature) 1985-1987. President Indogermanische Gesellschaft since 1983.
Member Indogermanische Gesellschaft (president 1983-1992), Society Linguistique Paris, Bayerische Akademie d. Wissenschaften, Philological Society London.
Married Marion Renate Kriegeskotte, August 17, 1957. Children: Stefan Albert, Reinhard Curt, Almuth.