Dieter Hagedorn

Dieter Hagedorn (born April 19, 1936 in Cologne-Lindenthal ) is a German classical philologist and papyrologist .

Dieter Hagedorn studied at the University of Cologne , where he received his doctorate in 1961 with his thesis on Hermogenes' theory of ideas . A year later he became a research assistant there. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Michigan in 1966/67 . The habilitation took place in 1971 with the work Der Hiobkommentar des Arianers Julian , the first edition of this work. In 1972 he became an Academic Councilor and Associate Professor in Cologne, and in 1973 he became an Academic Senior Councilor. In 1981 he switched to a professorship for papyrology at the University of Heidelberg . He taught there until his retirement in 2001. Andrea Jördens was his successor .

Hagedorn was co-editor of the magazine for papyrology and epigraphy until 2011 ; He is a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute . To date, he has written more than 20 monographs, often with co-authors, including on the papyri in the Cologne university collection. Another research focus is on the ancient Greek Christian explanation of the Book of Job . The "Heidelberg Complete Directory of Greek Papyrus Documents of Egypt", which he initiated in 1988 and which was only funded by the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences until 2002, is continued by him and some employees on a voluntary basis to this day.

literature

• Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar  1980, p. 1296

Web links

• Heidelberg University, Center for Classical Studies: List of publications by Dieter Hagedorn

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heidelberg General Directory (HGV)