Josef Delz
Josef Delz (born March 25, 1922 in Möhlin ; † June 13, 2005 in Basel ) was a Swiss classical philologist .
Live and act
Delz studied Classical Philology, German Philology and Comparative Linguistics at the University of Basel . After completing his doctorate, he worked in Oxford and Munich . In 1966 he received his habilitation and in 1968 he accepted an appointment at the Free University of Berlin . From 1970 until his retirement in 1987 he was full professor of Latin philology at the University of Basel. In 1979/80 he was Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and History.
Delz dealt extensively with textual criticism and edition. Thanks to his work, the first critical edition of the Punica by the imperial poet Silius Italicus (1987) is to be thanked. From 1994 to 2002 Delz was President of the International Commission of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae , for which he had worked since his student days.
In memory of Josef Delz, the Josef Delz Prize of the University of Basel was set up after his death , which has been awarded annually since then to recognize outstanding student achievements in Latin. His estate is in the Basel University Library .
Fonts (selection)
- Lukian's knowledge of the Athenian antiquities . Basel 1950 (dissertation)
- Tacitus, Agricola ( P. Cornelii Taciti libri qui supersunt 2,3). Stuttgart 1983
- Sili Italici Punica . Stuttgart 1987
literature
- Michael D. Reeve : Josef Delz † . In: Gnomon , Volume 80 (2008), pp. 379-383.
- Georg Schwarz, Oleg Nikitinski (editors): Josef Delz, Eduard Fraenkel: Correspondence 1947–1969. A scholarly friendship . Munich: SYMPOSION eleutheron, 2015, ISBN 978-3-928411-81-3
Web links
- Literature by Josef Delz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Josef Delz's estate in the Basel University Library
First chair (since 1989 Latin Studies ): Georg Rohde (1949–1960) | Franco Munari (1961–1987) | Widu-Wolfgang Ehlers (1989–2008) | Therese Fuhrer (2008–2013) | Melanie Möller (since 2015)
Second chair (since 1987 Greek studies ): Uvo Hölscher (1954–1962) | Rudolf Kassel (1963–1975) | Paul Moraux (1975-1984) | Bernd Seidensticker (1987–2007) | Gyburg Uhlmann (since 2007)
Third chair: Kurt von Fritz (1954–1958) | Hans Schwabl (1960–1968) | Josef Delz (1968–1970)
First chair: Emanuel Linder (1819–1843) | Wilhelm Vischer-Bilfinger (1832–1861) | Otto Ribbeck (1861–1862) | Adolph Kießling (1862–1869) | Friedrich Nietzsche (1869–1879) | Jacob Wackernagel (1879–1902) | Ferdinand Sommer (1902–1909) | Rudolf Herzog (1909–1914) | Werner Jaeger (1914–1915) | Peter von der Mühll (1917–1952) | Bernhard Wyss (1952–1976) | Joachim Latacz (1981-2002) | Anton Bierl (since 2002).
Second chair: Franz Dorotheus Gerlach (1819–1875) | Jacob Achilles Mähly (1875–1890) | Georg Ferdinand Dümmler (1890–1896) | Erich Bethe (1897–1903) | Alfred Körte (1903–1906) | Hermann Schöne (1906–1909) | Friedrich Münzer (1909–1912) | Ernst Lommatzsch (1912–1913) | Walter F. Otto (1913–1914) | Johannes Stroux (1914–1922) | Günther Jachmann (1922–1925) | Kurt Latte (1925–1931) | Harald Fuchs (1932–1970) | Josef Delz (1970–1987) | Fritz Graf (1987–1999) | Jerzy Styka (2000-2001) | Henriette Harich-Schwarzbauer (since 2002).
Third chair: Franz Misteli (1879–1898) | Max Niedermann (1911–1925) | Jacob Wackernagel (1915–1936) | Albert Debrunner (1940–1949) | Karl Meuli (1942–1961) | Felix Heinimann (1966–1980).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Delz, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Möhlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 2005 |
| Place of death | Basel |