Henri Weil
Henri Weil , born as Heinrich Weil (born August 27, 1818 in Frankfurt am Main , † November 5, 1909 in Paris ) was a German-French classical philologist and literary scholar of Jewish descent.
Life
Weil studied at the universities of Bonn , Berlin and Leipzig . He then traveled to France to continue his studies at the Paris Sorbonne . There he received his doctorate in 1845 . As early as 1840 he was accepted into the Freemasons' Association by the Frankfurt Freemason Lodge Zur Aufstieg Morgenröthe .
Weil became a professor at the Universities of Strasbourg and Besançon. In Besançon he was later appointed professor and in 1872 honorary professor of the philological faculty. In 1876 he returned to Paris and taught as a professor of Greek literature at the École normal supérieure and at the École pratique des hautes études .
In 1882, Weil became a full member of the French Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in Paris. From March 12, 1896 to July 16, 1908, he was also a corresponding member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin, then from September 25, 1908 its external member. The Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg he belonged since 1882 as a corresponding member.
Web links
- Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library
- biographical encyclopedia entry (Czech)
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of members
- ↑ Because, Henri . In: Werner Hartkopf: The Berlin Academy of Sciences. Its members and award winners 1700–1990. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-05-002153-5 , p. 385 f.
- ^ Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724. Henri Weil. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed August 10, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Because, Henri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-French classical philologist and literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th November 1909 |
| Place of death | Paris |