Julius Juthner

Julius Jüthner (born June 25, 1866 in Prague , † December 17, 1945 in Vienna ) was an Austrian classical philologist and archaeologist who worked as a professor at the universities of Freiburg im Üechtland (1898-1903), Czernowitz (1903-1912) and Innsbruck (1912-1936) worked.

Life

Julius Jüthner studied classical philology, archeology and epigraphy at the German University in Prague since 1884 (with Otto Keller , Carl Holzinger and Alois Rzach ). After teaching degree in the subjects of Latin and Greek (1890), he was in 1891 sub auspiciis Imperatoris Dr. phil. PhD . He then worked as a scholarship holder and assistant at the archaeological chair at the University of Vienna , where he worked with the archaeologist Otto Benndorf and the ancient historian Eugen Bormann deepened his studies. From 1894 to 1896 Jüthner was on study trips through Italy, Greece and Asia Minor, where he made contact with various researchers and with the German Archaeological Institute . In 1897 he took part in the excavation campaign of the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Ephesus and took part in a research expedition to Pisidia .

During his years Jüthner was in 1897 at the Prague University of Classical Philology habilitation . As early as 1898 he became a full professor for Classical Philology at the University of Friborg (Switzerland) . After an expedition to Lycaonia , Isauria , Pisidia and Eastern Pamphylia (1902), Jüthner moved to the University of Czernowitz in 1903 and to the University of Innsbruck in 1912 , where he was active in teaching and research until his retirement (1936). In 1937 he moved to Vienna, where he devoted himself entirely to his research. He died on December 17, 1945 at the age of 79.

In accordance with his scientific conception, Jüthner combined the approaches of various scientific disciplines to develop his research topics. He dedicated himself particularly to ancient sports in terms of its literary and archaeological tradition. Due to his serious work on the history of sports, he is one of the reasons why German-speaking sports history was able to achieve international recognition at an early stage. Among other things, he wrote the extensive overview article Gymnastics for Pauly's Realencyclopadie of classical antiquity , as well as numerous essays and monographs. He was a member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences , the German and Austrian Archaeological Institute and the Society for the Promotion of German Science, Art and Literature in Bohemia.

literature

Gerhard Baader : Jüthner, Julius. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 650 f. ( Digitized version ).
Jüthner, Julius. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1965, p. 143 f. (Direct links on p. 143 , p. 144 ).
Erwin Mehl : Pygme, preliminary remarks. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Supplementary volume IX, Stuttgart 1962, Sp. 1306 f.

Remarks

^ Arnd Krüger : Germany. In: SW Pope, John Naughright (Eds.): Routledge Companion to Sports History. New York: Routledge 2010, pp. 432-443, ISBN 978-0-415-77339-3 .
↑ See Müllner, Rudolf: Perspektiven der historical sport and movement culture research. LIT Verlag Münster, 2011.

Web links

Literature by and about Julius Jüthner in the catalog of the German National Library

personal data
SURNAME	Jüthner, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian classical philologist and archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 25, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prague
DATE OF DEATH	December 17, 1945
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Arnd Krüger : Germany. In: SW Pope, John Naughright (Eds.): Routledge Companion to Sports History. New York: Routledge 2010, pp. 432-443, ISBN 978-0-415-77339-3 .

[2] See Müllner, Rudolf: Perspektiven der historical sport and movement culture research. LIT Verlag Münster, 2011.