Adolf Primmer
Adolf Primmer (born February 23, 1931 in Krems an der Donau ; † July 9, 2011 in Langenlois ) was an Austrian classical philologist .
After completing his doctorate (1955), Adolf Primmer worked at the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae in Munich. In 1962 he went to the University of Vienna as a lecturer ; his successor as an Austrian employee at the thesaurus was Franz Quadlbauer . Primmer completed his habilitation in Vienna in 1966, was appointed associate professor in 1968 and full professor of classical philology in 1973. The Austrian Academy of Sciences elected him in 1982 as a corresponding and in 1985 as a real member of the philosophical-historical class.
Primmer's research included parts of ancient Latin prose and its relationship to Greek literature. His studies on the speeches of Cicero and on the language and tradition of Augustine are particularly important . Since 1975 he has been the editor for the Vienna Studies and since 1991 for the Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum latinorum and the Specimina eines Lexicon Augustinianum (SLA). On his 70th birthday, a commemorative publication was published in his honor with the title Συμφιλολογεῖν .
literature
- Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar , Edition 2003, Volume 2, p. 2571.
- Kurt Smolak : Adolf Primmer. In: Austrian Academy of Sciences. Almanac 2013/2014, 163/164. Volume, Vienna 2015, pp. 511–515.
Web links
- Literature by Adolf Primmer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Christine Ratkowitsch , In memoriam Adolf Primmer (1931–2011) , article in the online university newspaper
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Primmer, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krems at the Donau |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 2011 |
| Place of death | Langenlois |