Carl Adolf Theodor Wilhelm (Wilhelm) Viëtor (1850–1918)

German philologist. Studied theology and philology at Leipzig, Berlin, and Marburg; PhD, Marburg, 1875. Head of the Garnier education institute, 1876–82. Lecturer at University College, Liverpool, 1882–4. Professor extraordinarius of English philology, University of Marburg, 1884; professor, 1894. Editor of Zeitschrift für Orthographie and Phonetische Studien.