Herbert C. Youtie

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Papyrus No. 469 from Karanis , edited by Herbert Youtie and John Garret Winter.

Herbert Chayyim Youtie (born August 28, 1904 in Atlantic City , † February 13, 1980 in Ann Arbor ) was an American papyrologist and as such one of the most important representatives of his field in the 20th century.

Life

Herbert Youtie studied at the University of Cincinnati , where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1927 , and at Columbia University in New York City , where he received his Master of Arts degree the following year . In 1929 he was a student of Paul Collart in Paris . Since 1929, he taught at the University of Michigan for more than 50 years ; Youtie became Research Assistant in 1929, Research Associate in 1932 and Research Professor of Papyrology in 1946 . In 1959 he was also one of the directors of the American Philological Association , and in 1968 honorary president of the Association Internationale de Papyrologues . In addition to other honors, he was a member of the British Academy and the American Philosophical Society (1957) and an honorary doctorate from the University of Cologne in 1969 . The position of Herbert C. Youtie Professor of Papyrology was donated at the University of Michigan .

Youtie advanced papyrology in two ways. On the one hand, he developed new theoretical and practical standards for the edition of papyrological texts, based on the edition of literary ancient philological texts. The most important principle he introduced was not to make any text changes if there was a gap in the text . On the other hand, he edited many papyri . He often worked with other scientists, his second wife Louise Canberg was a papyrologist. He edited documentary papyri and ostraca from the Hellenistic - Roman period. In addition, he carried out significant research on the social and educational history of Egypt in Greco-Roman times. Many of his reading corrections and additions contributed to a better understanding of the texts.

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literature

  • Ann Ellis Hanson (Ed.): Collectanea papyrologica. Texts published in honor of HC Youtie. Part 1. Numbers 1–65 (= Papyrological Texts and Treatises. Volume 19). Habelt, Bonn 1976, ISBN 3-7749-1342-0 .
  • Ann Ellis Hanson (Ed.): Collectanea papyrologica. Texts published in honor of HC Youtie. Part 2. Numbers 66–126 (= papyrological texts and treatises. Volume 20). Habelt, Bonn 1976, ISBN 3-7749-1343-9 .
  • Ludwig Koenen : Herbert Chayyim Youtie (1904–1980). In: Mario Capasso (Ed.): Hermae. Scholars and Scholarship in Papyrology. Serra, Pisa 2007, ISBN 978-88-427-1442-2 , pp. 295-305 (with picture).
  • Bernhard Palme : Youtie, Herbert Chayyim. In: Peter Kuhlmann , Helmuth Schneider (Hrsg.): History of the ancient sciences. Biographical Lexicon (= The New Pauly . Supplements. Volume 6). Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2012, ISBN 978-3-476-02033-8 , Sp. 1343 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Member History: Herbert C. Youtie. American Philosophical Society, accessed February 1, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Youtie, Herbert C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Youtie, Herbert Chayyim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American papyrologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Atlantic City
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1980
Place of death Ann Arbor