Camillo Praschniker
Camillo Alois Franz Praschniker (born October 13, 1884 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; † October 1, 1949 ibid) was an Austrian classical archaeologist .
Life
After studying classical studies at the Universities of Innsbruck, Berlin and Vienna from 1902 to 1908, graduating in Innsbruck with a doctorate in 1908, traveled Praschniker to 1910 with a grant from the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Mediterranean and was then assistant to Emil Reisch at of the University of Vienna . From 1912 to 1920 he was secretary of the Austrian Archaeological Institute. In 1914 Praschniker completed his habilitation in Classical Archeology in Vienna . In 1913/14 he took part in excavations in Shechem in Palestine, in 1916 he took part in a scientific expedition to areas of the Balkans (Montenegro, Albania) occupied by Austria-Hungary. From November 1917 to the summer of 1918 he stayed in Albania again to examine the archaeological sites in central Albania, especially Apollonia and Byllis , more closely. He also described the mosaic The Beauty from Durrës for the first time .
In 1922 Praschniker became an associate professor at the University of Vienna, the following year a full professor at the German University in Prague , where he was dean in 1929/1930. In 1930 he moved to the University of Jena and that same year back to Vienna, where he was initially an associate professor, and from 1934 a full professor as successor to his teacher Reisch. In 1935 he also became honorary director of the Austrian Archaeological Institute.
Praschniker has been a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute since 1914, a full member since 1921 , and a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences since 1932 and a full member since 1937 . He dealt with numerous topics from the field of classical and Roman provincial archeology, such as the metopes of the Parthenon , the mausoleum of Belevi and a sculptor's workshop in Virunum . He was buried at the Grinzing cemetery .
Fonts
- with Arnold Schober : Archaeological Research in Albania and Montenegro , Vienna 1919 (Writings of the Balkan Commission, 8)
- Muzakhia and Malakastra: archaeological investigations in central Albania . In: Austrian Archaeological Institute (Hrsg.): Annual books of the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Vienna . Supplement, No. 21-22 1922-1924 . Vienna 1920, doi : 10.11588 / diglit.33680.17 .
- Parthenon Studies . 1929
- with Hedwig Kenner : The Virunum Spa District , Vienna 1947
- with M. Theuer: Das Mausoleum von Belevi , Vienna 1979 (Research in Ephesos, 6)
literature
- Otto Walter : Professor Camillo Praschniker † . In: Anzeiger für die Altarwissenschaft . Vol. 3 (1950), Col. 1-4
- Josef Keil : In: Almanach of the Austrian Academy of Sciences 100, 1950, p. 304ff.
- Manfred Kandler: Praschniker, Camillo. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 674 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Hedwig Kenner : In: Reinhard Lullies (Hrsg.): Archäologenbildnisse . von Zabern, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-8053-0971-6 , p. 224f.
- Hermann Vetters : Praschniker Kamillo (Camillo). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 241 f. (Direct links on p. 241 , p. 242 ).
- Gudrun Wlach: In: Manfred Kandler: 100 Years of the Austrian Archaeological Institute 1898–1998 . Holzhausen, Vienna 1998, ISBN 978-3-900305-25-3 , pp. 106-107.
- Gudrun Wlach: Camillo Praschniker (1884–1949) . In: Gunnar Brands , Martin Maischberger (editor): Lebensbilder. Classical archaeologists and National Socialism . Rahden 2012 ( People - Cultures - Traditions. Studies from the research clusters of the German Archaeological Institute 2,1), pp. 75–89.
- Gudrun Wlach: Camillo Praschniker (1884–1949). Recovery from destruction . In: Karel Hruza (ed.): Austrian historians. CVs and careers 1900–1945 , Vol. 3, Vienna a. a .: Böhlau 2019, ISBN 978-3-205-20801-3 , pp. 313–378.
Web links
- Literature by and about Camillo Praschniker in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Grave site Camillo Praschniker , Vienna, Grinzinger Friedhof, Group 13, Row 5, No. 6.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Praschniker, Camillo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Praschniker, Camillo Alois Franz (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian classical archaeologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1884 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | October 1, 1949 |
Place of death | Vienna |