Adalbert Horawitz
Adalbert Horawitz (born January 23, 1840 in Lodi , Lombardy ; † November 6, 1888 in Vienna ) was an Austrian historian, philologist and classical philologist, who dedicated his life's work to the southern German and Austrian humanists of the Renaissance .
Horawitz was best known for his research on Beatus Rhenanus , Michael Hummelberger , Caspar Bruschius and Johann Tichtel .
From 1868 he was a private lecturer in general history of the Middle Ages at the University of Vienna and in 1869 received a teaching position for general world and cultural history at the Academy of Fine Arts .
He was a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna .
literature
Wikisource: Adalbert Horawitz - Sources and full texts
- Horawitz, Adalbert. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 418.
- Literature by and about Adalbert Horawitz in the catalog of the German National Library
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| SURNAME | Horawitz, Adalbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian historian, philologist and classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lodi (Lombardy) |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 6, 1888 |
| Place of death | Vienna |