Alfred Kappelmacher

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Alfred Kappelmacher (born May 14, 1876 in Vienna ; † December 28, 1932 there ) was an Austrian classical philologist .

Life

After finishing high school, Kappelmacher studied classical philology at the University of Vienna , where he was particularly influenced by Friedrich Marx , Edmund Hauler and Karl Schenkl . He achieved his doctorate in 1899 with the dissertation Studia Iuvenalia ( Juvenal Studies), which was printed in 1903. One year after receiving his doctorate, he passed the exam and, after the probationary year was waived, worked as a high school teacher in Nikolsburg , and from 1904 in Vienna. In addition to his teaching post, he published numerous studies on various writers of post-classical Latin. In 1918 he completed his habilitation with the work investigations into the encyclopedia of A. Cornelius Celsus and was employed as a private lecturer at the University of Vienna; In 1924 he was appointed associate professor. A year before his death he succeeded his teacher Hauler as a full professor of classical philology.

Kappelmacher occupied himself with Latin literature throughout his life, especially the early imperial period. He wrote fundamental works on Roman satire, rhetoric and specialist writing. His main work, The Literature of the Romans up to the Carolingian Era , he could only complete up to Tacitus . It appeared posthumously in 1934 in the series Handbuch der Literaturwissenschaft , completed by his colleague Mauriz Schuster .

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SURNAME Kappelmacher, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1932
Place of death Vienna