Josef Martin (philologist)
Josef Martin (born January 13, 1884 in St. Ingbert ; † November 21, 1973 in Würzburg ) was a German classical philologist and rector at the University of Würzburg.
Life
Josef Martin, the son of the sculptor of the same name, studied Catholic theology at the University of Munich after graduating from high school in Speyer from 1902 , but switched to classical philology after the sixth semester under the influence of the lectures of Friedrich Vollmer and Carl Weyman , then studied from 1905 until 1907 in Würzburg and then again in Munich, where he passed the teaching degree in 1908 and worked as a high school teacher. On 13 January 1913 he was at Weyman and Vollmer with the dissertation studies and contributions to the Declaration and timing Commodians doctorate . From 1916 to 1918 Martin took part in the First World War.
After the end of the war, Martin was initially a high school teacher in Amberg and completed his habilitation in 1921 at the University of Würzburg through Ciceros De oratore . In 1922 he was appointed associate professor in Würzburg and on June 1, 1933, he was appointed full professor of classical philology as the successor to Carl Hosius . Martin held the chair for Classical Philology until his retirement (1952). Because of his distance from National Socialism , he was appointed the first post-war rector of the University of Würzburg in 1945.
During his three-year tenure, he did a lot to maintain and rebuild the university. He was also a member of the Bavarian State Advisory Committee in 1946 and a member of the Bavarian Senate from 1947 to 1949 . On May 11, 1947, on the occasion of the 325th Foundation Festival of the University of Würzburg, he gave a speech entitled Peace . In 1948 he was rector magnificus of the university, was a rector of the Academic Senate and was a member of the administrative committee led by Waldemar Schleip . Together with Friedrich Pfister , Martin was a chairman of the Classical Philology Seminar. He was made an Honorary Senator for his services to the university and was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit in 1953 . He received the Bavarian Order of Merit on December 7, 1964.
Martin was primarily a Latinist. He dealt intensively with Roman rhetoric, philosophy ( Lucretius ) and patristics ( Augustine ).
As a first-semester student in Munich, Martin became a member of the Catholic student association KSSt.V. Alemannia, in Würzburg the KStV Normannia in the KV , later he was in Würzburg still honor philistine of the KV connection Rheno-Frankonia.
literature
- Udo W. Scholz : Josef Martin January 13, 1884 to November 21, 1973 . In: Würzburg Yearbooks for Classical Studies , Volume 11 (1985). Pp. 9-18.
- Udo W. Scholz, Otto Schönberger : Josef Martin (1884–1973), classical philologist, Old Conditor Universitatis . In: Peter Baumgart, Peter A. Süss: Life pictures of important Würzburg professors . Neustadt an der Aisch 1995. pp. 341–353.
- Siegfried Koß in Siegfried Koß, Wolfgang Löhr (Hrsg.): Biographisches Lexikon des KV. 5th part (= Revocatio historiae. Volume 6). SH-Verlag, Schernfeld 1998, ISBN 3-89498-055-9 , p. 82 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Josef Martin in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg: Lecture directory for the summer semester of 1948. Universitätsdruckerei H. Stürtz, Würzburg 1948, pp. 6 f., 12 and 17.
First chair: Bonaventura Andres (1783–1809) | Ferdinand Blümm (1809–1821) | Peter von Richarz (1821–1835; previously since 1817 associate professor) | Ernst von Lasaulx (1837–1844; previously since 1835 associate professor) | Franz Josef Hermann Reuter (1844–1867) | Wilhelm Studemund (1869–1870; previously since 1868 associate professor) | Martin Schanz (1874–1912; previously since 1870 associate professor) | Carl Hosius (1913–1933) | Josef Martin (1933–1952) | Rudolf Güngerich (1953–1968) | Carl Joachim Classen (1969–1973) | Udo W. Scholz (1974-2007) | Thomas Baier (since 2008)
Second chair (until 1899 also for classical archeology, 1900–1919 extraordinary professorship): Ludwig von Urlichs (1855–1889) | Karl Sittl (1889–1899) | Thomas Stangl (1900–1921)
Third chair: Franz Boll (1903–1908) | Otto Stählin (1908–1913) | Engelbert Drerup (1913–1923) | Friedrich Pfister (1924–1951) | Franz Dirlmeier (1951–1959) | Ernst Siegmann (1960–1981) | Thomas A. Szlezák (1983–1990) | Michael Erler (1991–2019) | Jan Stenger (since 2020)
Professorship for Classical Philology: Bernd Manuwald (1981–1983) | Ludwig Braun (1985-2008) | Christian Tornau (since 2009)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martin, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Ingbert |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 1973 |
| Place of death | Wurzburg |