Felix Staehelin
Felix Staehelin or Stähelin (born December 28, 1873 in Basel ; † February 20, 1952 there ) was a Swiss ancient historian .
Life
Felix Staehelin, son of a silk ribbon manufacturer, studied classical philology and ancient history in Basel , Bonn and Berlin and received his doctorate in 1897 with a dissertation on the Galatians . After completing his studies, Felix Staehelin was able to undertake a research trip to Italy and Greece with the financial support of his uncle Karl Staehelin-Burkhardt (1850–1902) . In Greece he learned a. a. Know Otto Rubensohn . Staehelin documented the trip in his diary entries.
1902–1907 he worked as a high school teacher in Winterthur and Basel. From 1907 he was a private lecturer, from 1917 associate professor and from 1931–1937 full professor of ancient history at the University of Basel . He published academic papers on Asia Minor and Roman history. His overview of Switzerland in Roman times , published in 1927, was long considered a standard work and has been reprinted twice. In addition, Staehelin wrote numerous articles for Paulys Realencyclopadie of classical antiquity . 1929–1934 he played a key role in the (first) Jacob Burckhardt complete edition.
Since 1939 he was a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences and since 1950 of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin .
In 1902 Staehelin married Martha Schwarz (1874–1951). They had three children together. Staehlin was Jakob Burckhardt's great-nephew .
Fonts
- History of the Galatians of Asia Minor up to the establishment of the Roman Province of Asia, Basel 1897 (dissertation)
- History of the Basel family Stehelin and Stähelin, Basel 1903
- Switzerland in Roman times, Basel 1927
- Speeches and lectures, ed. by Wilhelm Abt, Basel 1956
- The Roman monument in Basel. In: Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde , Vol. 23, 1925, pp. 155–165. ( e-periodica.ch )
literature
- Jochen Bleicken , Martin Staehelin : An unknown letter from Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff to Felix Staehelin about the "history of the Galatians in Asia Minor" . In: Klio . Volume 76 (1994), pp. 454-467 (= Jochen Bleicken: Gesammelte Schriften . Stuttgart 1998, pp. 1034-1047).
- Rudolf Laur-Belart : Words of Memory of Prof. Dr. Felix Stähelin (1873-1952) . In: Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde . Volume 51 (1952), pp. 5-8.
- Peter-Andrew Schwarz : Stähelin, Felix. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Felix Staehelin 1873–1952 . In: Swiss History Journal . Volume 2 (1953), pp. 264-267.
- Hermann Wichers : Stähelin (family article). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-428-11206-7 , p. 20 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Eberhard Zellweger: In memory of Professor Dr. Felix Staehelin-Schwarz, born December 28, 1873, died February 20, 1952 . Private print, Basel 1952.
Web links
- Felix Staehelin's estate in the Basel University Library
- Obituary in the Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde 1952
- Pedigree of Staehelin in Stroux.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde, 1964: Diary entries from 1897. Retrieved October 18, 2019 .
Felix Staehelin (1931–1944) | Bernhard Wyss (1945–1952) | Andreas Alföldi (1952–1956) | Denis van Berchem (1956–1963) | Christian Meier (1966–1968; 1973–1976) | Jürgen von Ungern-Sternberg (1978–2006) | Aloys Winterling (2007–2009) | Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner (2012–2014) | Sabine Hübner (since 2014)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Staehelin, Felix |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Staehelin, Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss ancient historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1952 |
| Place of death | Basel |