Josef Wedge

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Josef Keil (born October 13, 1878 in Reichenberg / Bohemia; † December 13, 1963 in Vienna ) was an Austrian ancient historian , epigraphist and classical archaeologist .

Life

After studying classical philology and archeology, ancient history and epigraphy in Vienna (doctorate in 1903), Keil became secretary of the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Smyrna on April 1, 1904 . From there he worked on the Austrian excavations in Ephesus and undertook several research trips through Asia Minor .

After serving in the First World War, in which Keil was seriously wounded in Serbia, he was secretary of the Austrian Archaeological Institute at its headquarters in Vienna until 1927. In 1920 he completed his habilitation at the University of Vienna , where he became an associate professor in 1925 and a full professor of ancient history at the University of Greifswald in 1927 . From there he went back to Vienna in 1936 to succeed Adolf Wilhelm's professor of Greek history and epigraphy at the university there. In 1949 he became director of the University's Archaeological Institute, which he remained after his retirement in 1950. From 1949 to 1956 he was director of the Austrian Archaeological Institute, z. In part together with Otto Walter and Fritz Eichler , from 1938 member and from 1945 to 1959 Secretary General of the Austrian Academy of Sciences . In 1955 he was elected a foreign member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres . He was also a member of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and the Royal Academy of Sciences and Fine Arts of Belgium . Keil received the Medal of Honor of the Federal Capital Vienna and in 1959 the Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science and Art. He was buried at the Neustift cemetery .

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From 1926 to 1935, Keil directed the Austrian excavations in Ephesus, which were also supported by an American philanthropic foundation during this time. Keil also assisted in the excavations that were resumed after the war under the direction of his pupil Franz Miltner .

His numerous publications were mainly dedicated to the excavations in Ephesus and the inscriptions found there . During the time he was leading the excavation, he explored the Temple of Domitian , the St. John's basilica and several high schools , as well as the Belevi mausoleum .

In 1906, 1908 and 1911, Keil and Anton von Premerstein undertook three research trips to Lydia , where he succeeded in finding numerous ancient inscriptions, some of which he published himself (others from his estate through Peter Herrmann in the Tituli Asiae Minoris ). He made similar trips to other parts of Asia Minor, for example to Cilicia in 1914 (with Adolf Wilhelm).

Awards

Fonts

  • Josef Keil, Anton von Premerstein: Report on a trip to Lydia and the southern Aiolis, carried out in 1906 on behalf of the Imperial Academy of Sciences (= memoranda of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna. Philosophical-Historical Class. Volume 53, Treatise 2). Hölder, Vienna 1908.
  • Josef Keil, Anton von Premerstein: Report on a second trip to Lydia, carried out in 1908 on behalf of the KK Austrian Archaeological Institute (= memoranda of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna. Philosophical-Historical Class. Volume 54, Treatise 2). Vienna 1911.
  • Josef Keil, Anton von Premerstein: Report on a third trip to Lydia and the neighboring regions of Ionia, carried out in 1911 on behalf of the Imperial Academy of Sciences (= memoranda of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna. Philosophical-Historical Class. Volume 57, Treatise 1 ). Vienna 1914.
  • Ephesus. A guide through the ruins and their history. Hölder, Vienna 1915; 5th edition 1964.
  • Josef Keil, Adolf Wilhelm: Monuments from the rough Cilicia (= Monumenta Asiae minoris antiqua. Volume 3). Longmans, Green & Co., London 1931.

literature

  • Egon Braun : Josef Keil †. In: Gnomon . Volume 36, 1964, pp. 521-524.
  • Fritz Schachermeyr : Josef Keil. Obituary. In: Almanac of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Volume 114, 1965, pp. 242-261 (with list of publications).
  • Gerhard Baader :  Keil, Josef. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 404 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Gudrun Wlach: Josef Keil (1878–1963). In: 100 Years of the Austrian Archaeological Institute 1898–1998. Austrian Archaeological Institute, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-900305-27-6 , p. 111 f.
  • Wedge, Josef. In: Lexicon Greifswalder Hochschullehrer 1907 to 1932 (= Lexikon Greifswalder Hochschullehrer 1775 to 2006. Volume 3). Bock, Bad Honnef 2004, ISBN 3-87066-931-4 , p. 110 f.
  • Roman Pfefferle, Hans Pfefferle: Slightly denazified. The professorships at the University of Vienna from 1944 in the post-war years. V&R unipress, Vienna 2014, p. 293.
  • Martina Pesditschek: Keil, Josef. 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. 647 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Grave site Josef Keil , Vienna, Neustifter Friedhof, Group E, Row 2, No. 13.
personal data
SURNAME Wedge, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian, epigraphist and archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Reichenberg / Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1963
Place of death Vienna