Heinrich Gelzer

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Professor Gelzer

Heinrich Gelzer actually Heinrich Carl Guido Gelzer (* July 1, 1847 in Berlin , † July 11, 1906 in Jena ) was a Swiss classical philologist , ancient historian and Byzantinist . In his numerous works he contributed to conveying essential insights into late antique and medieval Byzantine history.

Life

The son of the Swiss historian and temporary professor in Berlin, Johann Heinrich Gelzer- Sarasin, grew up in Basel, attended grammar school there and, after passing his school-leaving examination, went on a trip to the Orient. Gelzer studied five semesters at the University of Basel with Jacob Burckhardt and from 1867 to 1868 at the Georg-August University in Göttingen with Ernst Curtius , the excavator of Olympia . In 1865 he was one of the founders of the Corps Alamannia Basel.

After receiving his doctorate in 1869, Gelzer was a high school teacher in Basel for some time. From there he participated in a Swiss relief operation in support measures for German wounded in the Franco-German War . In 1871 he traveled to Asia Minor with Curtius and Friedrich Adler . Gelzer became a private lecturer in Basel in 1872 and an associate professor of ancient history at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg in 1873 . In 1878 he was appointed to the chair for Classical Philology and Ancient History at the University of Jena . In connection with this he became director of the philological seminary and was director of the seminary for ancient history from 1885. He was appointed a secret councilor and took part in the university's organizational tasks as rector of the alma mater in the winter semesters of 1887 and 1900 .

He wrote a large number of articles in numerous philological and theological journals and journals. He wrote the article Armenia in the 3rd edition of the Real Encyclopedia for Protestant Theology and Church . The theological faculty of the University of Jena awarded Gelzer an honorary doctorate in 1897. He became commander of the Saxon house order of the white falcon and first class knight of the Saxon Ernestian house order . He was also a member of the Kgl. Saxon Academy of Sciences and corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

Gelzer's main research area was Byzantine history , later also Armenian history and literature . In 1893 he was a co-founder of the Byzantine Magazine . He made further trips to Greece , Asia Minor and the countries of the Black Sea area , including in 1902 and 1903 to Macedonia and Mount Athos .

Gelzer married on September 12, 1876 in Basel Emilie Clara Thurneysen (1858-1919), the daughter of the president of the criminal court Johann Heinrich Eduard Thurneysen (1824-1900) and his wife Emilie Gemuseus (1829-1890), married in 1851. From the marriage come a son, the Romanist Heinrich Gelzer , and the two daughters Julie (married March 26, 1904 in Jena with Adolf Wilhelm Ferdinand Damaschke ) and Emily (married 1898 with the archivist Fritz Koegel ).

Works (selection)

  • Diss. De Branchidis. Leipzig 1868
  • Gathering of German philologists and school men in Gera. Leipzig 1879
  • Sextus Iulius Africanus and the Byzantine chronography . Hinrichs, Leipzig 1880–1885, 2nd vol .; Leipzig 1898; Reprinted from Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1978, ISBN 3-8067-0748-0 .
  • Eusebii canonum epitome ex Dionysii Telmaharensis chronico petita. Leipzig 1884
  • The genesis of the Byzantine thematic constitution (1899)
  • Georgii Cyprii descriptio orbis Romani. Leipzig 1890
  • Leontios' from Neapolis Life of Saint John the Merciful, Archbishop of Alexandria. Freiburg i. Br. And Leipzig 1893
  • Outline of the Byzantine imperial history. 2nd edition Munich 1897
  • Patrum Nicaenorum nomina. Leipzig 1897 (with H. Hilgenfeld and O. Cuntz)
  • Spiritual and secular from the Turkish-Greek Orient . Teubner, Leipzig 1900
  • Speech at the memorial ceremony for the immortalized Grand Duke of Saxony Carl Alexander in the university church on January 19, 1901. Jena 1901
  • Unprinted and insufficiently published texts of the Notitiae episcopatuum. A contribution to the Byzantine church and administrative history . Verl. D. K. Academy, Munich 1901.
  • Pergamon under the Byzantines and Ottomans (1903)
  • From the Holy Mountain and from Macedonia. Travel pictures from the Athos monasteries and the insurrection area . Teubner, Leipzig 1904.
  • Scriptores sacri et profani ... Vol. 4. The Stephen of Taron Armenian history . Translated from the old Armenian by Heinrich Gelzer and Aug. Burckhardt. 1907
  • Selected Small Fonts. Teubner, Leipzig 1907
  • Byzantine cultural history . Mohr, Tübingen 1909.

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Heinrich Gelzer  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 1 , 9
  2. ↑ German Order Almanac: German Order List; Manual d. Knights of the Order u. Nuns of German nationality. 1.1904 / 05 (1904) p. 324
personal data
SURNAME Gelzer, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gelzer, Heinrich Carl Guido (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss classical philologist, ancient historian and Byzantinist
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1906
Place of death Jena