Erich Trapp
Erich Trapp (born June 5, 1942 in Klosterneuburg ) is an Austrian Byzantinist .
Life
Erich Trapp studied Classical Philology and Byzantine Studies in Vienna from 1960 and received his doctoral thesis in 1964 with an edition of the Dialogues with a Persian by Manuel II Palaeologus . From 1965 to 1973 he worked as a research assistant at the Commission for Byzantine Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences . After a year as a university lecturer in Vienna, he joined the University of Bonn as a scientific adviser and professor in 1973 , where he represented Byzantine Studies until his retirement in 2008. In 1992 he was elected a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The University of Thessaloniki awarded him the Golden Aristotle in 1998.
His research interests include Byzantine lexicography , the Digenis Akritas and the development from ancient Greek to modern Greek. As editor of the prosopographic lexicon of the palaeologists' time (1976–1995), he also devoted himself to researching people who are mentioned in late Byzantine documents and writings.
Erich Trapp is the initiator and editor of the Lexicon on Byzantine Graecity .
literature
- Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar , Edition 2003, Volume 3, p. 3438.
Web links
- Literature by Erich Trapp in the catalog of the German National Library
- Trapp, Erich . Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .
- Erich Trapp at the University of Bonn
- Erich Trapp at the Austrian Academy of Sciences
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trapp, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Byzantinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klosterneuburg |