Hermann Harrauer
Hermann Harrauer (born April 27, 1941 in Hofkirchen im Mühlkreis ) is an Austrian papyrologist .
Life
After attending elementary school in Hofkirchen, he switched to the humanistic grammar school in the boarding school of the Discalced Carmelites in Linz in 1953 and to the humanistic Rainer grammar school in Vienna in 1957 . However, he completed his school career in 1961 in Wilhering Abbey with the Matura . He then studied Classical Philology , Ancient History and Classical Archeology at the University of Vienna , where he received his doctorate in 1969 and then worked as a research assistant. During this time he wrote a reference work on Zeus together with Hans Schwabl . In May 1972 he accepted a position at the Austrian National Library (ÖNB). This activity was interrupted in 1973 by military service with the armed forces and in 1984 he became head of the papyrus collection of the ÖNB . He has been giving lectures in Greek and Latin papyrology since 1981 , but it was not until 1987 that he qualified as a professor in this subject with a paper on New Texts on Taxation in the 3rd Century BC. In 1995 he was appointed associate professor at the University of Vienna and in 1999 he was appointed professor . On December 1, 2005, he retired.
Fonts (selection)
- A bibliography to the Corpus Tibullianum . Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1971, ISBN 3-8067-0014-1 .
- A bibliography to propertius . Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1973, ISBN 3-8067-0352-3 .
- A bibliography to Catullus . Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1979, ISBN 3-8067-0787-1 .
- The papyrus collection of the Austrian National Library: Catalog of the special exhibition 100 years of Archduke Rainer . Austrian National Library, Vienna 1983 (together with Helene Loebenstein).
- A new document on Rome's Indian trade: P. Vindob. G 40822 . Verlag der Österr. Akad. D. Wiss., Vienna 1986 (together with Pieter J. Sijpesteijn).
- Corpus papyrorum Raineri - New papyri on taxation in the 3rd century BC Chr. , De Gruyter, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-85119-225-7 .
- The Copts - Neighbors of Sudan: Catalog for the exhibition of the papyrus collection of the Austrian National Library in the Nordico Museum in Linz; Linz, April 1 to August 19, 2001; Klagenfurt, January 22nd to May 1st, 2002 . Linz, 2001, ISBN 3-85484-433-6 (together with Ulrike Horak).
literature
- Club Carriere - Encyclopedia of Success 1998 . Algoprint Verlag, Vaduz 1998, ISBN 3-9521669-0-1 , p. 287 ( google.de [accessed on March 27, 2020]).
- Fritz Fellner, Doris Corradini: Austrian History in the 20th Century: A Biographical-Bibliographical Lexicon . Böhlau, 2006, ISBN 3205774760 , p. 167.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hermann Harrauer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography at the Alumni Association of the University of Vienna
Josef Karabacek (1899–1904, director of the court library ) | Karl Wessely (1904–1922, curator “extra statum” ) | Theodor Seif (1923–1930, Oriental Department ) | Hans Gerstinger (1923–1936, until 1931 Greek department , then overall management ) | Walter Till (1936–1942 and 1948–1951) | Franz Unterkircher (1951–1956, official director, actually director of the manuscript collection ) | Herbert Hunger (1956–1962) | Helene Loebenstein (1962–1984) | Hermann Harrauer (1984-2005) | Cornelia Römer (2005–2009) | Bernhard Palme (since 2009)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Harrauer, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian papyrologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hofkirchen in the Mühlkreis |