Alois Rzach
Alois Rzach (born November 16, 1850 in Patzau , Bohemia , † August 27, 1935 in Prague ) was an Austrian philologist and university professor .
Life
Rzach studied from 1869 to 1872 Classical Philology , Old German Studies , History , Hebrew and Arabic at the (as yet undivided) Charles University in Prague . His academic teacher was Jan Kvíčala . After graduating, Rzach worked as a teacher at the German-speaking grammar school on the Lesser Town in Prague . He also did his doctorate (1873) and habilitation (1876). After the spin-off of the German Karl-Ferdinand University , he received a first unbesoldetes 1883 Extraordinariat . In 1887 he was appointed full professor . In 1895/96 he was Dean of the Philosophical Faculty and Rector of the University in 1904/05 . Hofrat since 1906 , he retired in 1923, but worked for a few years as an honorary professor .
Rzach's main research interests were the history of transmission, textual criticism, language and metrics of the Greek epic poets. He produced important editions of the Iliad , the works of Hesiod and the Sibylline oracles . In addition, he tried to popularize his subject: He was a founding member (1891) of the Society for the Promotion of German Science, Literature and Art in Bohemia (board member from 1918) and founded the German Society for Classical Studies in Prague (1892), which he founded in 1910 appointed honorary member.
Rzach's daughter Hedda (1875–1953) married the German specialist August Sauer . She became an important publicist and poet who was in contact with Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach and Rainer Maria Rilke .
Individual evidence
literature
- Hubert Reitterer: Rzach, Alois. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 353.
Web links
- Literature by and about Alois Rzach in the catalog of the German National Library
First chair: Georg Curtius (1849–1854) | Ludwig Lange (1855-1859) | Franz Hochegger (1859–1860) | Alfred Ludwig (1860–1871) | Gustav Linker (1871–1881) | Otto Keller (1881–1909) | Otto Plasberg (1909–1911) | Alfred Klotz (1911–1920) | Edgar Martini (1922–1932) | Maximilian Adler (1937–1939) | Viktor Stegemann (1943–1945)
Second chair: Georg Bippart (1852–1883) | Carl Holzinger (1883–1921) | Siegfried Reiter (1922–1933)
Third chair: Jan Kvíčala (1861–1882) | Alois Rzach (1883–1923) | Theodor Hopfner (1923-1945)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rzach, Alois |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Patzau , Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 1935 |
| Place of death | Prague |