Franz Boll (philologist)
Franz Johann Evangelista Boll (born July 1, 1867 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber , † July 3, 1924 in Heidelberg ) was a German classical philologist , astrology and astronomy historian and librarian.
Life
He was the son of a judge and studied from 1885 in Berlin and from 1887 in Munich , among others with Wilhelm von Christ , Rudolf Schöll and Michael Bernays . In 1894 he received his doctorate with a thesis on Claudius Ptolemaeus . From 1891 Boll worked in the manuscript department of the Court and State Library in Munich, from 1898 as director. In 1903 he switched to university and became professor of classical philology in Würzburg , and from 1908 in Heidelberg .
Boll was mainly concerned with ancient astronomy and astrology . Based on manuscript studies, he researched the astronomical view of the world from the ancient Orient through the Greeks and Romans to modern times as well as the history of the constellations and astrology. Since 1909 he has been in close contact with the art and cultural scientist Aby Warburg , to whom Boll's ex-libris with the motif of a pensive astronomer can be traced back and whose cultural history library Warburg revised by Wilhelm Gundel and repeated new editions of von Boll together with his friend Carl Bezold first published in 1917 book Sternglaube und Sterndeutung. The history and nature of astrology prompted.
He was a member of the Academies of Sciences in Heidelberg , Munich , Göttingen (from 1917) and Bologna and an honorary doctorate from the University of Padua . One of his academic students was Helene Homeyer (doctorate in 1922).
Fonts
- Studies on Claudius Ptolemy. A contribution to the history of Greek philosophy and astrology . In: New Yearbooks for Philology and Education. Supplementary volume 21.2. Teubner, Leipzig 1894, pp. 49–244.
- Sphaera. New Greek texts and studies on the history of the constellations . Teubner, Leipzig 1903. Reprinted by Olms, Hildesheim 1967.
- Catalogus codicum astrologorum Graecorum . Vol. 7: Codices Germanicos descripsit Franciscus Boll . Lamertin, Brussels 1908.
- From the Revelation of St. John's. Hellenistic studies on the worldview of the apocalypse . Teubner, Leipzig 1914. Reprinted by Hakkert, Amsterdam 1967.
- Ancient observations of colored stars . Academy of Sciences, Munich 1916.
- with Carl Bezold : Star belief and star interpretation. The history and essence of astrology. Teubner, Leipzig 1917; from the 3rd edition ed. by Wilhelm Gundel; 4th edition Leipzig and Berlin 1931; New prints (“5th edition”) Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1966 and, declared as “7. Edition ", 1977, ISBN 3-519-07202-5 .
- Small writings on ancient astronomy . Koehler & Amelang, Leipzig 1950.
literature
- Viktor Pöschl : Boll, Franz Johann Evangelista. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 432 ( digitized version ).
- Helga Gärtner: “Finsternisse” and Heidelberg Classical Philology: Franz Boll. In: Helga Köhler, Herwig Görgemanns, Manuel Baumbach (eds.): “Storming on a dark path ...” A symposium on the solar eclipse in antiquity. Winter, Heidelberg 2000, pp. 83-98.
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Boll in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Franz Boll in the German Digital Library
supporting documents
- ↑ See Helga Gärtner: "Finsternisse" and the Heidelberg Classical Philology: Franz Boll. In: Helga Köhler, Herwig Görgemanns, Manuel Baumbach (eds.): “Storming on a dark path ...” A symposium on the solar eclipse in antiquity. Winter, Heidelberg 2000, pp. 89f. with note 26.
- ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 44.
First chair: Bonaventura Andres (1783–1809) | Ferdinand Blümm (1809–1821) | Peter von Richarz (1821–1835; previously since 1817 associate professor) | Ernst von Lasaulx (1837–1844; previously since 1835 associate professor) | Franz Josef Hermann Reuter (1844–1867) | Wilhelm Studemund (1869–1870; previously since 1868 associate professor) | Martin Schanz (1874–1912; previously since 1870 associate professor) | Carl Hosius (1913–1933) | Josef Martin (1933–1952) | Rudolf Güngerich (1953–1968) | Carl Joachim Classen (1969–1973) | Udo W. Scholz (1974-2007) | Thomas Baier (since 2008)
Second chair (until 1899 also for classical archeology, 1900–1919 extraordinary professorship): Ludwig von Urlichs (1855–1889) | Karl Sittl (1889–1899) | Thomas Stangl (1900–1921)
Third chair: Franz Boll (1903–1908) | Otto Stählin (1908–1913) | Engelbert Drerup (1913–1923) | Friedrich Pfister (1924–1951) | Franz Dirlmeier (1951–1959) | Ernst Siegmann (1960–1981) | Thomas A. Szlezák (1983–1990) | Michael Erler (1991–2019) | Jan Stenger (since 2020)
Professorship for Classical Philology: Bernd Manuwald (1981–1983) | Ludwig Braun (1985-2008) | Christian Tornau (since 2009)
First chair: Friedrich Creuzer (1800–1845) | Leonhard Spengel (1841–1847) | Hermann Köchly (1864–1876) | Kurt Wachsmuth (1877–1886) | Erwin Rohde (1886–1898) | Otto Crusius (1898–1903) | Albrecht Dieterich (1903–1908) | Franz Boll (1908–1924) | Otto Regenbogen (1925–1935) | Hildebrecht Hommel (1937–1945) | Otto Regenbogen (1945–1959) | Franz Dirlmeier (1959–1970) | Herwig Görgemanns (1972–1997)
Second chair: August Boeckh (1807–1811) | Heinrich Voss (1809–1822) | Johann Christian Felix Bähr (1823–1872) | Uvo Hölscher (1962–1970) | Albrecht Dihle (1974–1989) | Glenn W. Most (1991-2001) | Jonas Grethlein (since 2008)
Third chair: Karl Ludwig Kayser (1863–1872) | Otto Ribbeck (1872–1877) | Fritz Schöll (1877–1918) | Otto Weinreich (1918–1921) | Karl Meister (1921–1949) | Viktor Pöschl (1950–1976) | Hubert Petersmann (1981-2001) | Gerrit Kloss (since 2003)
Fourth chair: Michael von Albrecht (1964–1999) | Jürgen Paul Schwindt (since 2000)
Chair of Papyrology: Dieter Hagedorn (1981–2001) | Andrea Jördens (since 2004)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boll, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boll, Franz Johann Evangelista (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist and librarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rothenburg ob der Tauber |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 3, 1924 |
| Place of death | Heidelberg |