Hans Wieland (philologist)

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Hans Wieland (born January 20, 1924 in Villingen ; † October 13, 2010 in Munich ) was a German classical philologist .

Hans Wieland studied Classical Philology at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau , where he was awarded a Dr. phil. received his doctorate . On February 1, he became a research assistant at the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae in Munich , where he spent his entire subsequent career. On October 1, 1954, he was appointed editor. In 1988 he received the silver medal Bene merenti of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences for his services . Wieland retired on January 31, 1990. He remained connected to the thesaurus until the end of his life as an article writer, flag reader and individual member of the International Thesaurus Commission (from 1991).

In addition to Latin lexicography and linguistics, Wieland also studied the writings of Johannes Kepler . He published his Elegy on the Death of Tycho Brahe (1982) and was a member of the Kepler Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.

Fonts (selection)

  • Ut currat sententia: observations on movement in the satires and epistles of Horace . Freiburg 1950 (dissertation)
  • Kepler's elegy In obitum Tychonis Brahe . Munich 1982
  • Paegnia. Carmina latina . Munich 1984

literature

  • Dietfried Krömer (Ed.): Thesaurus stories. Contributions to a Historia Thesauri Linguae Latinae by Theodor Bögel (1876–1973) . Stuttgart / Leipzig 1996, p. 204.

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personal data
SURNAME Wieland, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Villingen
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 2010
Place of death Munich