Karl Meister (philologist)
Karl Max Richard Meister (born October 22, 1880 in Leipzig , † September 13, 1963 in Heidelberg ) was a German classical philologist .
Life
Karl Meister was born as the son of Richard Meister (1848–1912) on October 22, 1880 in Leipzig. His linguistic research went back to his father, who had researched ancient Greek dialects. In 1899 Meister began studying classical philology, Indo-European studies and archeology and in 1905 he passed the state examination in these subjects.
In the same year he was promoted to Dr. phil. with his dissertation The syntactic use of the genitive in the Cretan dialect inscriptions. In 1909 he completed his habilitation - in the meantime he worked in school service - in Leipzig for Classical Philology and Indo-European Linguistics with the work De itinerario Aetheriae abbatissae perperam nomini S. Silviae addicto .
In the same year he became an associate professor in Berlin, in 1914 he went to Königsberg as a full professor, and in 1921 to succeed Otto Weinreich at the University of Heidelberg , where he worked until 1949. There he was dean of the philosophical faculty in 1926/1927 and rector of the university in 1930/1931. Since 1924 he was a full member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences . Master was equally interested in all sections of Latin literature. His contribution Old Vulgar Latin is still trend-setting today .
He was also preoccupied with the ethics and beliefs of the Romans. From 1925–1933, Meister was co-editor of Gnomon magazine . Master was also no stranger to Graecistics, so in 1921 he published the text The Homeric Artistic Language. In some respects it is outdated, but it still sets the tone and is still significant today.
Fonts (selection)
- The syntactic use of the genitive in the Cretan dialect inscriptions. In: Indogermanische Forschungen 18, 1905/1906, pp. 133-204.
- Old vulgar Latin. In: Indo-European Research 26, 1910, pp. 69-98.
- De itinerario Aetheriae abbatissae perperam nomini S. Silviae addicto . 1909.
- The Homeric artificial language . 1921.
literature
- Hans Armin Gärtner : Karl Meister (1880–1963) and the Department of Classical Philology at Heidelberg University . In: Eikasmós 4, 1993, pp. 269-272.
- Hubert Petersmann : Master, Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 727 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Viktor Pöschl : Karl Meister (1880–1963) . In: Eikasmós 4, 1993, pp. 273-274.
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Meister in the catalog of the German National Library
- Overview of Karl Meister's courses (philologist) at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1907 to winter semester 1909)
Individual evidence
- ^ Members of the HAdW since it was founded in 1909. Karl Meister. Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, accessed June 21, 2016 .
First chair: Samuel Gottlieb Wald (1786–1806) | Carl Erfurdt (1810–1813) | Christian August Lobeck (1814–1857) | Ludwig Friedländer (1858–1892) | Ludwig Jeep (1893-1910)
Second chair: Karl Lehrs (1845–1878) | Arthur Ludwich (1878-1912) | Ludwig Deubner (1912–1917) | Ludolf Malten (1919 / 1920–1922) | Johannes Mewaldt (1923–1927) | Richard Harder (1927–1930) | Paul Maas (1930–1934) | Walter F. Otto (1934–1945)
Third chair: Henri Jordan (1867–1886) | Alfred Schöne (1887–1892) | Johannes Schmidt (1892-1894) | August Brinkmann (1896 / 1900–1902) | Richard Heinze (1903-1906) | Richard Wünsch (1907–1913) | Otto Immisch (1913–1914) | Karl Meister (1916–1921) | Ernst Bickel (1921–1928) | Wolfgang Schadewaldt (1928–1929) | Harald Fuchs (1929–1932) | Willy Theiler (1932–1944) | Werner Hartke (1944–1945)
Extraordinariat: Ludwig Jeep (1886–1893) | August Brinkmann (1896–1900) | Hermann Schöne (1903–1906) | Ludwig Deubner (1906–1912) | Christian Jensen (1912–1913) | Hermann Mutschmann (1913–1918) | Ludolf Malten (1919–1920)
First chair: Friedrich Creuzer (1800–1845) | Leonhard Spengel (1841–1847) | Hermann Köchly (1864–1876) | Kurt Wachsmuth (1877–1886) | Erwin Rohde (1886–1898) | Otto Crusius (1898–1903) | Albrecht Dieterich (1903–1908) | Franz Boll (1908–1924) | Otto Regenbogen (1925–1935) | Hildebrecht Hommel (1937–1945) | Otto Regenbogen (1945–1959) | Franz Dirlmeier (1959–1970) | Herwig Görgemanns (1972–1997)
Second chair: August Boeckh (1807–1811) | Heinrich Voss (1809–1822) | Johann Christian Felix Bähr (1823–1872) | Uvo Hölscher (1962–1970) | Albrecht Dihle (1974–1989) | Glenn W. Most (1991-2001) | Jonas Grethlein (since 2008)
Third chair: Karl Ludwig Kayser (1863–1872) | Otto Ribbeck (1872–1877) | Fritz Schöll (1877–1918) | Otto Weinreich (1918–1921) | Karl Meister (1921–1949) | Viktor Pöschl (1950–1976) | Hubert Petersmann (1981-2001) | Gerrit Kloss (since 2003)
Fourth chair: Michael von Albrecht (1964–1999) | Jürgen Paul Schwindt (since 2000)
Chair of Papyrology: Dieter Hagedorn (1981–2001) | Andrea Jördens (since 2004)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Master, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meister, Karl Max Richard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1963 |
| Place of death | Heidelberg |