Eduard Williger
Eduard Williger (born October 10, 1899 in Breslau , † July 27, 1932 in Cologne ) was a German classical philologist .
Life
Eduard Williger, the son of the provincial pension master of the same name, attended the Elisabeth-Gymnasium in Breslau and from the summer semester of 1917 studied classical philology at the University of Breslau . As a student he already worked in the editorial department of the Glotta magazine , whose editor Wilhelm Kroll became his academic mentor. On November 25, 1922, Williger received his doctorate from him with a dissertation in religious studies that appeared in the series Religious History Trials and Preliminary Work . On February 24, Williger passed the first state examination in Latin, Greek and Protestant religion.
From April 1, 1923, Williger completed his preparatory year at the Friedrichs-Gymnasium in Breslau. In 1924 he went to the Department of Classical Philology at the University of Cologne as an assistant , where he worked with Josef Kroll and Günther Jachmann . In 1927 he completed his habilitation with the text Linguistic Investigations on the Compounds of the Greek Poets of the 5th Century .
On July 27, 1932, Williger committed suicide for reasons unknown.
Publications (selection)
- Hagios. Investigations into the terminology of the sacred in the Hellenic-Hellenistic religions , experiments in the history of religion and preliminary work 19, 1, Töpelmann, Giessen 1922 (= dissertation)
- Linguistic research on the compound words of the Greek poets of the 5th century , research on Greek and Roman grammar 8, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1928 (= habilitation thesis)
literature
- Günther Jachmann: Eduard Williger . In: Kölner Universitäts-Zeitung 14, 1932, No. 7, pp. 11-12.
- Leo Haupts: The University of Cologne in the transition from National Socialism to the Federal Republic . Böhlau, Cologne 2007, p. 188
Web links
- Literature by Eduard Williger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Eduard Williger's personnel sheet in the personnel file of the BIL expert body in the archive database of the Library for Research on Educational History (BBF)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Williger, Eduard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Williger, Eduard Kurt Albrecht |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 27, 1932 |
| Place of death | Cologne |