Harald Patzer
Harald Johannes Bruno Otto Patzer (born July 2, 1910 in Friedenau near Berlin ; † March 26, 2005 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German classical philologist who worked as a professor in Marburg (1948–1952) and Frankfurt am Main (1952–1978 ) worked.
Life
After graduating from high school in Potsdam (1928), Patzer first studied Romance studies , then classical philology at the Berlin Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität (with Werner Jaeger ) and at the University of Freiburg . In 1936 he received his doctorate in Berlin with a dissertation on the history of Thucydides . He then went to Marburg as a scientific assistant , where he achieved his habilitation in autumn 1939 with a paper on the origin of the Greek concept of nature. Shortly afterwards he was drafted into military service in World War II and deployed in Egypt and Greece. In 1944 he was retired from the Wehrmacht “as part of efforts to secure the future of German science” and continued teaching in Marburg. In 1948 he was appointed adjunct professor.
In 1952 he followed a call to the University of Frankfurt am Main , where he succeeded Karl Reinhardt at the Chair of Greek Studies . He was a member of the University's Scientific Society. For his 65th birthday, friends and students dedicated the Festschrift Dialogos to him. For Harald Patzer on the 65th birthday of his friends and students (Wiesbaden 1975). In 1978 Patzer retired. The Greek government appointed him Commander of the Order of Phoenix in 1992 . Until his death, Patzer supervised 38 dissertations. His students include Justus Cobet , Herbert Eisenberger , Lutz Lenz and Ada Neschke-Hentschke .
His son is the classical philologist Andreas Patzer .
Fonts (selection)
- The problem of the historiography of Thucydides and the Thucydideic question . Berlin 1937 (dissertation). Reprint Bonn 1962
- Physique. Laying the foundation for a history of the word . Marburg 1945 (habilitation thesis). Reprint Stuttgart 1993
- The beginnings of the Greek tragedy . Wiesbaden 1962
- The Greek love for boys . Wiesbaden 1982
- The laws of form of the Homeric epic. Steiner, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-515-06999-2 ( preview ).
literature
- Inge Auerbach: Catalogus professorum academiae Marburgensis. Second volume: 1910 to 1971 . Marburg 1979, p. 583
- Oliver Primavesi : Harald Patzer † . In: Gnomon . Volume 78 (2006), pp. 377-383.
Web links
- Literature by and about Harald Patzer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Estate in the Bavarian State Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gnomon 78/2006, p. 378.
Focus on Greek studies : Hans von Arnim (1914–1921) | Karl Reinhardt (1923–1941) | Walter Nestle (1944–1945) | Karl Reinhardt (1946–1951) | Harald Patzer (1952–1978) | Gustav Adolf Seeck (1981–1999) | Thomas A. Schmitz (1999-2003) | Thomas Paulsen (since 2005)
Focus on Latin Studies : Walter F. Otto (1914–1934) | Erwin Wolff (1935–1962) | Walther Ludwig (1964–1970) | Christoff Neumeister (1972–2002) | Hans Bernsdorff (since 2003)
Third chair: Wolf Steidle (1963–1975)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mistake, Harald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blunder, Harald Johannes Bruno Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Friedenau near Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 26, 2005 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |