Jaroslav Tkáč
Jaroslav Tkáč (Germanized Jaroslaus Tkatsch , born August 1, 1871 in Rudolfswert , † November 4, 1927 in Vienna ) was an Austrian classical philologist and Arabist .
Jaroslav Tkáč, the son of high school professor Ignaz Tkáč, was born in Rudolfswert (today Novo mesto, Slovenia) in 1871. He attended high school in Hradisch (Moravia) and then studied classical philology at the University of Vienna , where he on 18 March 1898 and the work De poeticae Aristoteleae codicibus antiquissimis et Arabica versione antiquissima sub auspiciis Imperatoris doctorate was. He then worked as a high school teacher and librarian in Vienna, initially as a provisional teacher at the Karl-Ludwig-Gymnasium, from 1902 as a senior teacher (later a high school professor) at the Sophien-Gymnasium. Habilitation in 1920he studied Arabic philology at the University of Vienna. He died on November 4, 1927 as a result of a stroke.
In his research, Tkáč dealt in particular with the handwritten transmission of the writings of the philosopher Aristotle and their Arabic translations . He wrote hundreds of articles on topographical topics for Pauly's Realencyclopedia of Classical Antiquity . His life's work, the two-volume monograph The Arabic Translation of the Poetics of Aristotle and the basis of the criticism of the Greek text , he could no longer complete himself. The first volume appeared shortly after his death in 1928, the second volume in 1932. The Munich classical philologist Alfred Gudeman in conjunction with Bernhard Rehm and Theodor Seif had taken care of the printing . The splinter estate is now in the archive of the Austrian Academy of Sciences . It contains the work manuscript (1 folder) and a collection of documents on Arabia.
literature
- The ceremonial inauguration of the Rector of the University of Vienna for the academic year 1928/29 , pp. 17–19.
- Philologische Wochenschrift , Volume 49 (1929), pp. 56. 167-178.
- Communications from the Austrian State Archives , Volume 7 (1953), p. 118.
Web links
- Literature by and about Jaroslav Tkáč in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tkáč, Jaroslav |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tkach, Jaroslaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian classical philologist and Arabist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rudolfswert |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 1927 |
| Place of death | Vienna |