Born February 2, 1972, in Augsburg
Attended the Humanistisches Gymnasium bei St. Anna, Augsburg, 1982–1991
Studied conducting at the Richard Strauss Conservatory, Munich, 1991–1993
Studied English Linguistics, Romance Linguistics and Comparative Indoeuropean Linguistics at the University of Augsburg, 1994–1998
Received his PhD from the University of Augsburg with a thesis on 'Old English swa: Syntax and semantics of a polyfunctional particle', supervised by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Obst, 2002
Florian Schleburg is the President of the international Karl-May-Gesellschaft and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Karl-May-Stiftung (Radebeul). He has practised Musō Jikiden Eishin Ryū Iaidō for many years.
Student tutor for Old English and Middle English, and student assistant at the DFG project Nuevo Diccionario de Americanismos, University of Augsburg, 1996–1998
Guest lecturer in English Linguistics, University of Augsburg, 1998–1999
Lecturer in English Linguistics, University of Regensburg, since 1999
Appointed Akademischer Rat, 2007
Appointed Akademischer Oberrat, 2016
Guest lecturer at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2016ff.