Eduard Mahler

Eduard Mahler (born September 28, 1857 in Numbers , Hungary ; † June 29, 1945 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian orientalist , natural scientist and archaeologist .

Life

Mahler studied mathematics and physics at the University of Vienna from 1876 to 1880 . From 1882 until Theodor Oppolzer's death in 1886 he worked in his scientific laboratory. Then he was a research assistant at a royal Austrian commission. Already in his early years he was engaged in Oriental Studies , Near Eastern Archeology ( Assyriology ) and Egyptology , subjects which he taught as a private lecturer at the University of Budapest. In 1889 he was awarded the royal medal "litteris et artibus" by Sweden and Norway. In 1898 he became the official representative of the Hungarian National Museum.

Works

• Fundamental Theorems of General Area Theory , Vienna, 1881.
• Astronomical study of the Egyptian eclipse mentioned in the Bible , Vienna, 1885.
• The Central Solar Eclipses , Vienna, 1885.
• Biblical chronology and calendar of the Hebrews , Vienna, 1887.
• Continuation of Wüstenfeld's comparison tables of the Mohammedan and Christian calendar , Leipzig, 1887.
• Chronological comparison tables , Vienna, 1889.
• Maimonides' Kiddusch-Hachodesch , Vienna, 1890 (translated and explained).
• Handbook of Jewish Chronology , Leipzig, 1916 [in: Grundriss der Gesamtwissenschaft des Judentums ] (reprint: Hildesheim, 1967).

In addition to many publications in Hungarian, he has published numerous articles in German magazines:

• " Journal of the German Oriental Society "
• " Meeting reports of the Imperial Academy of Sciences "
• " Journal Asiatique "
• " Journal of Assyriology "
• " Journal for Mathematics and Physics "
• " Journal for Egyptian Language and Antiquity "

literature

• Benda:  Mahler Ede. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 411.

Web links

• Literature by and about Eduard Mahler in the catalog of the German National Library