Ernst Doblhofer
Ernst Doblhofer (born September 2, 1919 in Eferding ; † December 25, 2002 in Graz ) was an Austrian classical philologist .
Life
Ernst Doblhofer passed the Matura in Steyr in 1937, but could not begin his studies because of military service. In 1942 he returned from the front, seriously wounded, and began studying classical philology, history, English and German at the University of Vienna . In 1943 he was drafted again for the Second World War. From 1945 he continued his studies at the University of Graz , where he graduated in 1948 with a doctorate .
Subsequently, Doblhofer worked as a grammar school teacher (from 1955 grammar school professor) at the academic grammar school in Graz . He also published translations from English and held courses at the University of Graz, where he completed his habilitation in 1964 . In 1971 he was appointed to the chair for Latin studies at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel as the successor to Erich Burck , where he worked until his retirement (1984). He spent his retirement in Graz.
Publications
In addition to his numerous translations, Doblhofer is mainly known for two works: Horace in Research after 1957 (Wiss. Buchgesellschaft Darmstadt 1992) and the treatise Signs and Miracles. The deciphering of ancient scripts and languages (first published in 1957 by Paul Neff in Vienna, as dtv paperback 1964), which saw several editions and was translated into English, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Slovak, Hungarian, Portuguese and Japanese. In 1993 the Reclam-Verlag published a new edition updated by the author, which was reprinted in 2016 ( ISBN 978-3-15-020415-3 ).
literature
- Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar , 12th Edition (1976), p. 532
- Eckard Lefèvre : Obituary for Ernst Doblhofer . In: Christiana Albertina , Volume 56 (2003), pp. 95–96 (with picture)
Web links
- Literature by and about Ernst Doblhofer in the catalog of the German National Library
First chair (since 1972 C3 professorship): Karl Friedrich Heinrich (1804–1818) | Wilhelm Wachsmuth (1820–1825) | Gregor Wilhelm Nitzsch (1827-1852) | Georg Curtius (1854–1862) | Otto Ribbeck (1862–1872) | August Wilmanns (1873–1874) | Eduard Lübbert (1874–1881) | Richard Foerster (1881–1890) | Ivo Bruns (1890–1901) | Siegfried Brewhouse (1901–1914) | Werner Jaeger (1915–1921) | Christian Jensen (1921–1926) | Manfred Fuhrmann (1962–1966) | Antonie Wlosok (1968–1972) | Herbert Juhnke (1972–1997) | Lore Benz (1997-2001) | Hans Bernsdorff (2002–2003) | Jan Radicke (since 2004)
Second chair: Friedrich Blass (1881–1892) | Alfred Schöne (1892–1902) | Paul Wendland (1902–1906) | Felix Jacoby (1907-1935) | Erich Burck (1938–1969) | Ernst Doblhofer (1971–1984) | Konrad Heldmann (1985-2005) | Thorsten Burkard (since 2005)
Third chair (until 1921 extraordinary): Johann Matthias Schultz (1802–1846) | Erwin Rohde (1872–1876) | Friedrich Blass (1876–1881) | Friedrich Leo (1881–1883) | Christian Lütjohann (1884) | Ivo Bruns (1886–1890) | Otto Rossbach (1890–1895) | Ernst Bickel (1909–1921) | Johannes Stroux (1922–1923) | Eduard Fraenkel (1923–1928) | Richard Harder (1930-1941) | Hans Diller (1942–1973) | Ernst-Richard Schwinge (1976–1999) | Lutz Käppel (since 1999)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Doblhofer, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eferding |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 2002 |
| Place of death | Graz |