Friedrich Wotke

Friedrich Wotke (born November 2, 1893 in Oberhollabrunn , † September 19, 1960 in Vienna ) was an Austrian classical philologist and high school teacher.

Life

Friedrich Wotke, the son of the classical philologist and grammar school teacher Karl Wotke (1861–1929), studied classical philology (together with Gertrud Herzog-Hauser ) and English at the University of Vienna . After his service in the First World War , he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD . His (unprinted) dissertation dealt with rhetorical influences on the second book of the Aristotelian Oeconomica .

After the teaching exams in Latin, Greek and English, Wotke taught at the grammar school in Vienna V, later at the secondary school in Vienna XV. From 1949 until his retirement in 1959 he was director of the Vienna VI high school.

In addition to the school service, Wotke was active in research. He wrote essays, lexicon articles (for Pauly's real encyclopedia of classical antiquity ) and reviews, especially on ancient Christian writers and the reception of antiquity in the Middle Ages and humanism . He also published the magazines Litterae Humaniores and Wiener humanistische Blätter as well as school editions by Latin authors.

Wotke died as a result of a car accident.

Fonts (selection)

St. Patrick's Confession and his letter to the followers of Coroticus . Freiburg 1940

School expenses

with Hans Eibl: Selection from Latin Christian writers . Two parts, Vienna 1925
P. Cornelius Tacitus: Historiae . Leipzig 1930
with Richard Meister : Selection from the Middle Latin and Neo-Latin literature . Vienna / Leipzig 1934
P. Cornelius Tacitus: Selection from the Scriptures . Vienna 1946. 3rd revised edition 1956. 4th unchanged edition 1958. 6th edition, revised and illustrated by Hans Malicsek 1962–1965

literature

Rudolf Hanslik : Councilor Dr. Friedrich Wotke † . In: Anzeiger für die Altarwissenschaft . Volume 13 (1960), Col. 255.
Albin Lesky : Hofrat Friedrich Wotke †. In memory . In: Viennese humanist sheets . 2nd series, issue 5 (1960), p. 1

Individual evidence

^ Archive of the University of Vienna, Philosophical Faculty, Rigorosenakten, PH RA 4645 . Title of the work: Quae elocutionis genera observari possint in secundo libro Oeconomicorum Aristoteli tributorum .

personal data
SURNAME	Wotke, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian classical philologist and high school teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	November 2, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oberhollabrunn
DATE OF DEATH	September 19, 1960
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Archive of the University of Vienna, Philosophical Faculty, Rigorosenakten, PH RA 4645 . Title of the work: Quae elocutionis genera observari possint in secundo libro Oeconomicorum Aristoteli tributorum .