Friedrich Bilabel

Friedrich Bilabel (born July 27, 1888 in Friedberg near Augsburg , † April 22, 1945 in Wallerstein ) was a German papyrologist .

Life

Friedrich Bilabel, son of the President of the Higher Regional Court, studied Classical Philology and Ancient History at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Munich after attending the St. Anna High School in Augsburg and was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD . In 1914 the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences commissioned him with excavations in Egypt. After the First World War , Bilabel worked in Mannheim from 1920, in Heidelberg from 1924 as a grammar school professor and part-time (since 1913) as an employee at the papyrus collection of the university library . In addition, he devoted himself to scientific studies and worked with Friedrich Preisigke and Emil Kießling at the newly founded Institute for Papyrology. In 1927 he acquired the venia legendi for ancient historical auxiliary sciences and ancient oriental history at the University of Heidelberg . On March 8, 1934, he was appointed adjunct professor and head of the Heidelberg papyrus collection as a substitute professor for the ancient historian Eugen Täubler , who had been forced out of office by the National Socialists . In 1940 he was appointed extraordinary professor of the new order.

Bilabel, who had been a member of the DNVP from 1920 to 1925 , joined the NSDAP on April 30, 1935 and was then active in several party organizations. In his lectures, too, he advocated a National Socialist standpoint on antiquity. Bilabel was drafted into the war in 1941 and died as an officer in the last days of the war on April 22, 1945.

Bilabel was one of the leading papyrologists in Germany and was internationally recognized. He stood out through numerous editions, commentaries and essays. In the 1930s he published the series of sources and studies on the history and culture of antiquity and the Middle Ages together with Adolf Grohmann .

Fonts

Ionic colonization. Dieterich, Leipzig 1920.
ΟΨΑΡΤΥΤΙΚΑ and related. Winter, Heidelberg 1920 ( online ).
The smaller historian fragments on papyrus. Marcus and Weber, Bonn 1922 ( online ).
Greek papyri. Winter, Heidelberg 1923.
Antique kitchen. Heimeran, Munich 1926.
History of the Near East and Egypt from the 16th century BC Until modern times. Volume 1. History of the Middle East a. Egypt from 16.-11. Century BC Chr. Winter, Heidelberg 1927.

literature

Angelos Chaniotis , Ulrich Thaler: Classical Studies . In: Wolfgang Uwe Eckart , Volker Sellin , Eike Wolgast : The University of Heidelberg under National Socialism. Springer, Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 978-3-540-21442-7 , pp. 391-434 ( online ).
Herrmann AL Degener : Who is it? 10th edition 1935.
Richard Seider : Bilabel, Friedrich Nikolaus Alexander . In: Baden biographies . New episode . Vol. 1 (1982), pp. 54-56.

Web links

Remarks

↑ Angelos Chaniotis , Ulrich Thaler: Ancient Studies . In: Wolfgang Uwe Eckart , Volker Sellin , Eike Wolgast : The University of Heidelberg under National Socialism. Springer, Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 978-3-540-21442-7 , pp. 404, 420 ( online ).

personal data
SURNAME	Bilabel, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bilabel, Friedrich Nikolaus Alexander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German papyrologist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 27, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH	Friedberg (Bavaria)
DATE OF DEATH	April 22, 1945
Place of death	Wallerstein

[1] Angelos Chaniotis , Ulrich Thaler: Ancient Studies . In: Wolfgang Uwe Eckart , Volker Sellin , Eike Wolgast : The University of Heidelberg under National Socialism. Springer, Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 978-3-540-21442-7 , pp. 404, 420 ( online ).