Emanuel Hoffmann (philologist)
Emanuel Hoffmann (born April 11, 1825 in Neisse ; † December 6, 1900 in Vienna ) was an Austrian classical philologist .
Life
Hoffmann studied in Breslau , especially with Friedrich Haase , received his doctorate in 1848 with the dissertation De Plautinae Amphitruonis exemplari et fragmentis and then went on study trips through Italy and France. In 1850 he was appointed associate professor of classical philology at the University of Graz . Six years later, he accepted an appointment at the University of Vienna , where, as a full professor, he played a decisive role in the reorganization of the Classical Philology Department. He was appointed a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna and was dean of the Philosophical Faculty in the academic year 1868/1869 . In 1896 he retired. Shortly before his death he published his important edition of the De civitate Dei by Augustine in the Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (CSEL 1899). He was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery .
literature
- Hoffmann, Emanuel. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 376.
Web links
- Literature by and about Emanuel Hoffmann in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Emanuel Hoffmann grave site , Vienna, Zentralfriedhof, Group 55, Group Extension A, Row 5, No. 2.
First chair: Albert Muchar (1827–1849) | Karlmann Tangl (1850–1863) | Karl Schenkl (1863–1875) | Otto Keller (1875–1881) | Alois Goldbacher (1882–1908) | Josef Mesk (1909–1914) | Richard Meister (1918–1920) | Karl Mras (1921–1933) | Otmar Schissel von Fleschenberg (1926–1943) | Carl Koch (1943–1945) | Endre von Ivánka (1947–1961) | Karl Vretska (1961–1971) | Eugen Dönt (1971–1981) | Walter Pötscher (1982–1997) | Eveline Krummen (since 1999)
Second chair: Emanuel Hoffmann (1850–1856) | Max Theodor von Karajan (1857–1904) | Richard Cornelius Kukula (1905-1919) | Karl Prinz (1919–1939) | Hans Gerstinger (1940–1960) | Franz Stoessl (1961–1981) | Franz Ferdinand Schwarz (1982–1996) | Ursula Gärtner (since 2016)
Third chair: Wilhelm Kergel (1871–1891) | Heinrich Schenkl (1892–1917) | Josef Mesk (1917–1940)
First chair: Hermann Bonitz (1849–1867) | Theodor Gomperz (1869–1899) | Hans von Arnim (1900–1914) | Heinrich Schenkl (1917–1919) | Hans von Arnim (1921–1930) | Johannes Mewaldt (1931–1946) | Hans Oellacher (1946–1949) | Albin Lesky (1949–1967) | Hans Schwabl (1968–1993) |
Second chair: Karl Josef Grysar (1850–1856) | Emanuel Hoffmann (1856-1896) | Friedrich Marx (1896–1899) | Edmund Hauler (1899–1930) | Alfred Kappelmacher (1931–1932) | Karl Mras (1933–1938) | Richard Meister (1938–1945) | Karl Mras (1945–1953) | Walther Kraus (1955–1973) | Hans Strohm (1974-1976)
Third chair: Johannes Vahlen (1858–1874) | Karl Schenkl (1875–1899) | August Engelbrecht (1901–1908) | Ludwig Radermacher (1909–1937) | … | Rudolf Hanslik (1951–1977) | Franz Römer (1978–2011) | Hartmut Wulfram (since 2013) |
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Fourth chair: Wilhelm von Hartel (1869–1895) |
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoffmann, Emanuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neisse |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 1900 |
| Place of death | Vienna |