George Victor Wolfe
George Victor Wolfe (until 1939 Georg Victor Wolf ) (born September 24, 1904 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary , † December 15, 1990 ) was an American political scientist of Austrian origin.
Life
Wolf studied history, political science and philosophy at the University of Vienna , where he received his doctorate in 1928 with a major in history . He then studied law up to the state examination (1930) and then joined his father's law firm in Vienna. After the annexation of Austria in 1938 he was banned from working as a lawyer.
Wolf emigrated to Great Britain in February 1939 with his wife Alice (1905–1983), his father Emil Wolf died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp . In November 1939, the couple emigrated further to the United States and soon after arriving moved to New Haven , Connecticut , changing their last name from Wolf to Wolfe. He was naturalized in 1945. Wolfe studied political science at Yale University and then taught this subject there as a temporary professor.
In 1947 Wolfe moved to the private Albertson College of Idaho in Caldwell , where he taught as a professor of political science until his retirement (1970).
Fonts
- Wolfe, George V. , Writings at WorldCat
- George V. Wolfe: Autobiographical Sketches . Manuscript, Caldwell 1976-1979. Translated excerpt in: Albert Lichtblau (Ed.): As if we had belonged . Vienna: Böhlau, 1999, pp. 598–606
Web links
- Guide to the Papers of George V. Wolfe (1904-1990) and Alice Wolfe (1905-1983) , at cjh (en)
- C of I celebrates legendary professor George Wolfe , at College of Idaho, September 5, 2014
Individual evidence
- ^ Wolfe, Alice , in: Ulrike Wendland: Biographical Handbook of German-speaking Art Historians in Exile. Life and work of the scientists persecuted and expelled under National Socialism. Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-11339-0 , pp. 801f.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolfe, George Victor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wolf, Georg Victor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American political scientist of Austrian origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 15, 1990 |