Friedrich Stolz (philologist)

Friedrich Stolz (born July 29, 1850 in Hall in Tirol ; † August 13, 1915 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian Indo-Europeanist .

Life

Friedrich Stolz was one of three sons of the psychiatrist Joseph Stolz (1811–1877). The mathematician Otto Stolz was his older brother.

From 1868 on, Stolz studied Classical Philology at the University of Innsbruck , where he was supported by Johannes Müller , August Wilmanns and, in particular, Bernhard Jülg . In 1868 he also joined the Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck . He spent the winter semester of 1871/72 at the University of Leipzig , where Friedrich Ritschl and Georg Curtius introduced him to Latin linguistics. From spring 1872 he worked as an assistant teacher (supplent) at the royal-imperial state high school in Gorizia; in autumn he switched to the state high school in Graz. At the same time he attended lectures at the University of Graz with Karl Schenkl . There he prepared his doctorate , which took place on March 26, 1874. Stolz had been transferred to Klagenfurt a year earlier. From there , Stolz completed his habilitation on February 6, 1879 at the University of Innsbruck in the field of Classical Philology.

After the death of his teacher Jülg (1886), Stolz was appointed his successor. While his predecessor had held a full professorship, Stolz was only appointed as an associate professor. On February 7, 1887, he took up the chair, which was typically rededicated from Classical Philology to Comparative Linguistics . In addition to linguistic lectures and exercises, Stolz was also entrusted with holding philological courses. On January 1, 1890, he was appointed full professor, elected dean in 1894/1895, appointed rector in 1898/1899 and in 1911 awarded the title of "Hofrat". The Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna elected him as a corresponding member. For health reasons he took early retirement in 1912. His successor was his student Alois Walde , who was the first to habilitate in linguistics in Innsbruck.

Friedrich Stolz died on August 13, 1915 after a long and serious illness.

His research focused on Latin and Greek grammar and language research. In addition to numerous monographs and essays, he wrote Latin grammar together with Joseph Hermann Schmalz (1846–1917) in the Handbuch der Altertumswwissenschaft series : phonetics and forms, syntax and style . In this book, Stolz systematically presented Latin grammar on the basis of extensive research. The work was published in four editions in 1885, 1890, 1900 and 1910. After his death it was reworked by Manu Leumann .

literature

• D. Angetter:  Pride Friedrich d. Ä .. In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 13, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2007–2010, ISBN 978-3-7001-6963-5 , p. 316 f. (Direct links on p. 316 , p. 317 ).
• Alois Walde: Friedrich Stolz . In: Indo-European Yearbook . Volume 3 (1916), pp. 187-197
• Oswald Menghin : Friedrich Stolz 1850–1915 . In: Wiener prehistorische Zeitschrift . Volume 3 (1916), pp. 146-149
• Robert Muth : The habilitations in Classical Philology at the University of Innsbruck . In: Acta philologica Aenipontana . Volume 4 (1979), pp. 7-21 (on pride especially pp. 12-13)

Fonts

• with Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Müller , Heinrich Blase , Gustav Landgraf , Josef Golling : Historical grammar of the Latin language, 3 volumes, Teubner 1894 to 1903 (with supplement 1908)
• with Albert Debrunner, Wolfgang P. Schmid: History of the Latin Language, 4th edition, De Gruyter 1966
• with JH Schmalz: Latin grammar: phonology and form theory; Syntax and style. With an appendix on Latin Lexicography by Ferdinand Heerdegen, Manual of Classical Classical Studies in Systematic Presentation, Department 2, Volume 2.2, Munich: Beck 1910

Web links

• Literature by and about Friedrich Stolz in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 74/60