Antony E. Raubitschek

Antony E. Raubitschek (full name Antony Eric Raubitschek , born December 4, 1912 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary , † May 7, 1999 in Palo Alto ) was an American ancient historian and epigraphist of Austrian origin.

Life

Anton Erich Raubitschek was the son of the physician Hugo Raubitschek (1881–1955) and his wife Gertrud (1887–1973). His father was originally of Jewish faith but was baptized a Catholic in 1902. Raubitschek studied Classical Philology , Ancient History and Archeology at the University of Vienna . He was already particularly interested in studying epigraphy, which was represented by Adolf Wilhelm in Vienna at that time . Raubitschek took Wilhelm on a one-year study trip to Athens (1934–1935), during which he carried out his first archaeological and epigraphic field studies. He recorded inscriptions on the Acropolis in Athens and frequented Austrianand German Archaeological Institute . After his return to Vienna, Raubitschek wrote his dissertation with Johannes Mewaldt on the Latin poet Lucretius . The results of his dissertation, which he received in 1935 as Dr. phil. his doctorate , he published in 1938 in a condensed form.

After completing his doctorate, Raubitschek returned to Athens in 1937, where he lived on a scholarship from the Austrian Archaeological Institute. Together with Benjamin Dean Meritt he checked the inscriptions of the city of Athens for the Inscriptiones Graecae . At the American School of Classical Studies at Athens he also met the scholarship holder Isabelle Kelly (1914–1988), whom he later married. After his scholarship expired in 1938, he did not return to Vienna, but accepted an invitation from Merritt to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey . There he supported Merritt in editing the Greek inscriptions and in 1941 married Isabelle Kelly, with whom he had four children. His parents also emigrated to the USA and settled in Princeton.

From 1942 to 1947 Raubitschek taught Latin and Greek at Yale University , from 1947 he was Associate Professor of Classics at Princeton University . In 1963 he went to Stanford University as Professor of Classics , where he was appointed Sadie Denham Patek Professor of Humanities in 1974. In 1978 he retired, but continued to work in teaching and research. Raubitschek was visiting professor at various universities and cultivated international contacts with numerous researchers. The German and Austrian Archaeological Institute elected him as a corresponding member. On March 30, 1999 he received the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art .

Raubitschek's research covered wide areas of antiquity. His research focus was the history of Athens from Archaic to Late Antiquity , on which he published numerous articles. The content of his epigraphic research was always the attempt to combine inscriptions and memorials or buildings. His most important book is the study of the dedicatory inscriptions from the Athens Acropolis , published in 1949 .

From his will, Raubitschek endowed a professorship at Stanford University ( Antony and Isabelle Raubitschek Professor in Classics ).

Fonts (selection)

• Epicurean investigations . Typewritten dissertation, Vienna 1935. Published in excerpt under the title: To some repetitions in Lucretius . In: American Journal of Philology . Vol. 59 (1938), pp. 218-223
• with John S. Creaghan: Early Christian epitaphs from Athens . Woodstock 1947
• Dedications from the Athenian Acropolis. A catalog of the inscriptions of the sixth and fifth centuries BC Cambridge, Mass., Archaeological Institute of America 1949
• with Isabelle Kelly Raubitschek: The Trojan Women, by Euripides . New York 1954
• with Herbert Hoffmann : Early Cretan armorers . Mainz 1972
• Dirk Obbink , Paul A. Vander Waerdt (eds.): The School of Hellas. Essays on Greek History, Archeology and Literature . Oxford 1991

literature

• The Greek Historians, Literature and Histor. Papers Presented to AE Raubitschek . Saratoga 1985.
• Michael H. Jameson: Antony Erich Raubitschek, 1912–1999 . In: American Journal of Archeology . Volume 103, 1999, pp. 697f. (with picture).
• Peter Siewert : Antony E. Raubitschek 1912–1999 . In: Tyche . Volume 14, 1999, pp. 1f.
• Werner Röder; Herbert A. Strauss (Ed.): International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933-1945 . Volume 2.2. Munich: Saur, 1983 ISBN 3-598-10089-2 , p. 943

Web links

• Entry on Antony E. Raubitschek in the Database of Classical Scholars (English)
• Literature by Antony E. Raubitschek in the catalog of the German National Library
• Obituary in the Stanford Report of May 12, 1999
• Information on the estate of Antony E. Raubitschek in Stanford