List of classical philologists at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main

The list of classical philologists at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main lists well-known university professors in this subject who worked and are active at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main .

When the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main was founded (1914), two chairs for Classical Philology were set up that still exist today. From 1963 to 1975 there was a third chair held by Wolf Steidle .

List of Classical Philologists

The first column shows the name of the person and their life data, the second column shows entry into the university, and the third column shows their departure. Column four lists the highest position achieved at the University of Frankfurt am Main. At other universities, the corresponding lecturer may have made an even more extensive scientific career. The next column lists special features, the career path or other information relating to the university or institute. In the last column there are pictures of the lecturers.

scientist from to Functions Remarks image Hans von Arnim (1859–1931) 1914 1921 Full professor Wilamowitz student, specialist in Greek philosophy ( Plato , Aristotle ), Euripides translator Walter F. Otto (1874–1958) 1914 1934 Full professor Religious scholar, specialist in Greek religion and mythology; moved to Königsberg; later deputy and emeritus in Göttingen and Tübingen Wilhelm Heraeus (1862–1938) 1914 1929 Honorary professor Specialist in Latin poetry and language history; held courses on Vulgar and Middle Latin Franz Altheim (1898–1976) 1921 1936 extraordinary professor Arnim-Schüler, initially assistant, 1928 private lecturer, 1936 apl. Prof .; moved to Halle, later to Berlin; written historical monographs Felix Bölte (1863–1943) 1921 1927 Honorary professor High school teacher, specialist in Roman technical writers and Greek regional studies; gave lectures on Greek literature, regional studies and topography Karl Reinhardt (1886–1958) 1922 1946 1942 1951 Full professor Successor v. Arnims; Wilamowitz student, specialist in Greek philosophy and tragedy; from 1942 to 1946 full professor in Leipzig Eduard Bornemann (1894–1976) 1923 1976 Honorary professor Lecturer, 1954 honorary professor for didactics of ancient languages; until 1960 head of the Lessing-Gymnasium, didactic and systematic, with Ernst Risch author of a Greek school grammar Otto Schumann (1888–1950) 1929 1950 Associate professor Lecturer (qualified as a professor in 1929), 1936 associate professor for historical auxiliary sciences (especially Middle Latin philology) Erwin Wolff (1897–1966) 1935 1962 Full professor Successor to Otto, until 1946 associate professor; Specialist in platonic dialogues Hennig Brinkmann (1901-2000) 1938 1943 professor Middle Latin; moved to Istanbul, Zagreb and Münster Walter Nestle (1902–1945) 1944 1945 Full professor Specialist in Odyssey and Aeschylus Hermann Langerbeck (1908–1964) 1947 (?) 1964 Associate professor Privatdozent, 1951 apl. Prof., 1960 associate professor; Specialist in platonic philosophy , editor of the works of Gregory of Nyssa Harald Patzer (1910-2005) 1952 1978 Full professor Successor to Reinhardt; Specialist in Greek epic and historiography Helmut Rahn (1919-2007) 1952 1984 extraordinary professor Privatdozent, 1959 apl. Prof .; Specialist in Greco-Roman rhetoric and sophistry Herbert Eisenberger (* 1930) 1956 1995 professor Lecturer, assistant in 1960, habilitation in 1968, professor in 1971; Specialist in early Greek poetry, tragedy, comedy and philosophy Hadwig Hörner (1927-2019) 1960 (?) 1992 Extraordinary professor Specialist in Greek philosophy and Christian theology; participated in the edition of Gregory of Nyssa Wolf Steidle (1910-2003) 1963 1975 Full professor Latinist, specialist in historiography, poetics, rhetoric, tragedy and comedy Walther Ludwig (* 1929) 1964 1970 Full professor Successor to Wolff; Specialist in Greek and Roman tragedy and comedy and Latin literature up to modern times; moved to Columbia University, later to Hamburg Willibald Heilmann (1928-2006) 1964 1993 professor Didactic specialist, initially academic councilor, professor in 1973, habilitation in 1982 Heinz Willi Wirth (1928–2012) 1965 1996 professor Art historian Ludwig Braun (* 1943) 1968 1985 Private lecturer Assistant, qualified as a professor in 1978; Specialist in Latin literature of antiquity and early modern times; moved to Würzburg Ada Neschke-Hentschke (1942–2013) 1968 1991 Professor Assistant, habilitation in 1977, C3 professor in 1980; Specialist in the history of philosophy of law; moved to Louvain-la-Neuve Gustav Adolf Seeck (* 1933) 1981 1999 Full professor Successor to Patzers; Specialist in ancient philosophy, drama, epic and literary theory Christoff Neumeister (* 1933) 1982 2002 Full professor Successor to Ludwig; Specialist in Roman rhetoric and historiography Lutz Lenz (* 1942) 1986 2008 Senior teacher in the university service Graecist and didactic specialist Oliver Primavesi (* 1961) 1990 2000 University lecturer Research assistant, doctorate in 1994 (assistant), habilitation in 1997 (university lecturer); Specialist in Aristotle ; moved to Munich Thomas A. Schmitz (* 1963) 1999 2003 Full professor Successor to Seeck; Specialist in Greek poetry and sophistry as well as modern literary theory; moved to Bonn Hans-Wolfgang Krautz (1948-2003) 2001 2003 Lecturer taught ancient languages ​​in the theological faculty; Abelard translator Hans Bernsdorff (* 1965) 2003 Full professor Successor to Neumeister; Specialist in Greek and Roman literature, especially poetry, bucolic and Roman Thomas Paulsen (* 1959) 2004 Full professor Successor to Schmitz ', representative until 2005; Specialist in Greek comedy, rhetoric and historiography Axel Schönberger (* 1963) 2004 Lecturer Romance studies, professor in Bremen; holds Latinist courses Lorenz Rumpf (* 1964) 2006 academic advice 2009 apl. Prof. Helmut Seng (* 1961) 2009 scientific employee Philologist and theologian, associate professor at the University of Konstanz

literature

• Tilman Krischer : The Greek Studies in Frankfurt / M. at the beginning of the 1950s: Karl Reinhardt and Hermann Langerbeck . In: Włodzimierz Appel (ed.): “Magistri et discipuli”. Chapter on the history of classical studies in the 20th century . Tórun 2002 ( Xenia Toruniensia VII)
• Roland Färber, Fabian Link (ed.): The ancient sciences at the University of Frankfurt 1914–1950. (= Studies and documents). Schwabe AG, Basel, Berlin 2019.

Web links

• Current employee at the Institute for Classical Philology