Alexander von Weilen
Alexander Weil , from 1874 Weil Ritter von Weilen , (born January 4, 1863 in Vienna , † July 23, 1918 in Böckstein ) was an Austrian literary historian .
Life
Weilen was the son of the writer Joseph von Weilen , who was made hereditary knighthood in 1874. From 1880 to 1884 he studied German , English, French and classical philology at the University of Vienna . There he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD . He then completed his studies at the universities of Berlin and Munich . In 1885 he became curator of the court library in Vienna. In 1886/1887 his habilitation for modern German literary history took place at the University of Vienna with the work The Egyptian Joseph in the drama of the 16th century . He then taught there as a private lecturer .
Stay was in 1899 as an associate professor of modern German literature at the University of Vienna appointed and in 1909 to full professor promoted. Since 1893 he taught as a professor at the drama school of the Vienna Conservatory , which his father founded with Salomon Hermann Mosenthal . He also worked as a theater critic and columnist for the Wiener Zeitung . He was also the deputy chairman of the Society for Theater History and secretary of the Vienna Goethe Association.
Weilen died in a mountain accident. The writer Helene von Weilen was his daughter.
Works (selection)
While working at the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB).
- History of the Viennese Theater Industry , Society for Reproductive Art, Vienna 1899.
- On the history of theater in Vienna , Hölder, Vienna 1901.
- History of the Vienna Hofburgtheater , Vienna 1902.
- Hamlet on the German Stage to the Present , Writings of the German Shakespeare Society, 1908.
- Julie Radish. Reminder sheets to commemorate her hundredth birthday (April 17, 1809) . Manz, Vienna 1909.
literature
- A while, Alexander, knight of . In: Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe: Handbook of Austrian authors of Jewish origin from the 18th to the 20th century . Volume 3. Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-11545-8 , p. 1435.
- Because, knight of a while, Alexander . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 10 : Thies-Zymalkowski . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-096381-6 , p. 485 .
- Th. Venus: Because of while, Alexander Ritter. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 16, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957–2013, p. 57 f. (Direct links on p. 57 , p. 58 ).
Web links
- Alexander von Weilen in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Awhile, Alexander von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Because Knight of A while, Alexander (full name); Because, Alexander; While, Alexander Ritter von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1918 |
| Place of death | Böckstein |