Franz Ferdinand Schwarz
Franz Ferdinand Schwarz (born December 26, 1934 in Graz ; † May 8, 2001 ibid) was an Austrian classical philologist .
Life
Franz Ferdinand Schwarz, the son of a court clerk, studied classical philology, archeology, Akkadian and ancient Indian at the university in his hometown . His academic teachers included Hans Gerstinger , Endre von Ivánka and especially the archaeologist Erna Diez . After completing his doctorate (1961), Schwarz worked as a high school teacher and in 1964 acquired the qualification to teach ancient Indian. As a Research Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC (1971/1972), he worked on his interdisciplinary habilitation thesis History and Geography Bhāratas in Arrians Indike , which he completed in 1973. In the same year he received the Venia legendi at the University of Graz. Here he was appointed associate professor of classical philology in 1976 and full professor in 1982. He died on May 8, 2001 at the age of 66 after a long illness.
In teaching and research, Schwarz represented an extraordinarily broad view of antiquity. He repeatedly warned to turn away from the Eurocentrism of classical studies and to turn to the languages and culture of the Orient.
literature
- Gernot Krapinger: Franz Ferdinand Schwarz † . In: Gnomon , Volume 75 (2003), pp. 93-94.
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Ferdinand Schwarz in the catalog of the German National Library
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)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schwarz, Franz Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 2001 |
| Place of death | Graz |