List of Classical Philologists at Karl Ferdinand University

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The classical philologists at the Karl Ferdinand University in Prague represented the subjects of classical studies, especially Latin and Greek .

history

The Karl Ferdinand University in Prague is the oldest university that was founded in the German-speaking area. The professor of aesthetics and classical literature represented antiquity, but until the middle of the 19th century the professorship was occupied by aesthetes and writers, not by classical scholars in the modern sense.

This changed with the reform of the Austrian education system in 1848. In the course of this, a philological seminar for the education of high school teachers was founded and the professorship of classical literature was occupied by Georg Curtius , who had studied in Bonn and Berlin. In the following time two more chairs were added to this professorship.

After the annexation of the Czech Republic by the German Reich in 1939, almost all previous lecturers and professors were dismissed and deported (the so-called special action Prague ). Their German successors worked at the university until the end of the war. After the occupation of the Czech Republic by the Red Army in 1945, the Institute for Classical Philology was closed together with the German University in Prague.

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

List of Classical Philologists

scientist from to Functions Remarks image
August Gottlieb Meißner (1753–1807) 1785 1805 Full professor Professor of aesthetics and classical literature; Writer; changed to the high school in Fulda August Gottlieb Meißner.jpg
Karl Agnel Schneider (1766-1835) 1805 1806 stand-in Prague lawyer, writer and poet; Representation of the professorship for aesthetics and classical literature; later judicial director of Count Colloredo-Wallsee
Joseph Georg Meinert (1773–1844) 1806 1811 Full professor originally high school teacher; Supplent of aesthetics and classical literature, later professor of aesthetics, history of the arts and sciences and philosophy Joseph Georg Meinert.jpg
Alois Klar (1763-1833) 1806 1831 Full professor Professor of Greek Philology and Classical Literature Alois Klar Litho.JPG
Johann Heinrich Dambeck (1774-1820) 1812 1820 Full professor Meissner's pupil, writer, translator from English and Italian; Professor of Aesthetics, History of Arts and Sciences and Philosophy
Anton Müller (1792–1843) 1826 1842 Full professor Professor of aesthetics and classical literature; Writer and song poet
Josef Wessely 1843 1844 stand-in
Michael of Canaval (1798–1868) 1845 1848 Full professor Professor of aesthetics and classical literature; writer
Georg Curtius (1820-1885) 1849 1854 Full professor Professor of Classical Literature, pioneer of Greek language research ( Greek School Grammar , 1852), gave lectures on comparative theory of forms; 1851 full professor; moved to Kiel in 1854 and to Leipzig in 1861 Georg Curtius - Imagines philologorum.jpg
Georg Bippart (1816-1892) 1852 1883 Associate professor Pindar and Horace researchers
Ludwig Lange (1825–1885) 1855 1859 Full professor Curtius' successor, linguist and historian, gave lectures on comparative syntax; moved to Giessen as full professor
Franz Hochegger (1815–1875) 1859 1860 Full professor Successor Lange, pushed the high school reform forward; 1860 director of the Academic Gymnasium in Vienna
Alfred Ludwig (1832–1912) 1860 1871 Associate professor Successor to Hochegger, linguist, founder of Indology in Austria; Professor of Classical Philology and Comparative Linguistics, from 1871 exclusively for Comparative Linguistics
Jan Kvíčala (1834–1908) 1861 1882 Full professor Curtius student from Prague, first professor of the Czech nation; Appointed as holder of a third (extraordinary) professorship in 1861, appointed full professor in 1867; went to the Czech University when the university was divided in 1882 Jan Kvicala.jpg
Gustav Linker (1827-1881) 1871 1881 Full professor Successor to Ludwig; Sallust and Cicero researchers
Otto Keller (1838–1927) 1881 1909 Full professor Linker's successor, historian and philologist, researched the metrics and natural science of the Romans; Retired in 1909 1918 OttoKeller.jpg
Carl von Holzinger (1849–1935) 1883 1921 Full professor Successor to Bippart, not qualified as a professor; initially associate professor, full professor in 1887; Aristophanes researcher
Alois Rzach (1850-1935) 1876 1923 Full professor Successor to Kvíčala; initially private lecturer, in 1883 at the work of Keller and Holzinger's associate professor, in 1887 full professor, retired in 1923, continued teaching as honorary professor; Hesiod , epics and oracle researchers
Siegfried Reiter (1863–1943) 1901 1938 Full professor Habilitation in Prague in 1901, associate professor in 1913, successor to Holzinger in 1922, retired in 1933; Specialist in Hellenistic and Christian authors
Otto Plasberg (1869–1924) 1909 1911 Full professor Keller's successor, Cicero researcher; moved to Strasbourg in 1911
Alfred Klotz (1874–1956) 1911 1920 Full professor Successor to Plasberg, specialist in Roman prose literature; moved to Erlangen
Theodor Hopfner (1886–1946) 1919 1945 Full professor 1919 private lecturer, successor to Rzach as associate professor in 1923, full professor in 1928; Religious scholar and orientalist
Edgar Martini (1871-1932) 1922 1932 Full professor Successor Klotz '; Text critic and Photios researcher
Maximilian Adler (1884–1944) 1933 1939 Associate professor Deputy chair after Martini's death, 1937 associate professor; Released in 1939, deported to Theresienstadt in 1942, murdered in Auschwitz in 1944; Specialist in Greek philosophy (especially the Stoa )
Artur Biedl (1904–1950) 1931 1938 assistant Specialist in Roman historiography, held courses on Greek and Roman subjects, went to Teplitz as a high school teacher in 1938
Anton Blaschka (1892–1970) 1939 1944 Private lecturer Middle Latin, hired in 1939 to support Hopfner; Drafted into the armed forces in 1944
Viktor Stegemann (1902–1948) 1940 1945 Full professor Successor to Reiters, religious scholar; fled to Munich in 1945
Viktor Pöschl (1910–1997) 1940 1942 Private lecturer Latinist; Drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1942, from 1948 at the University of Graz

First Chair (Ordinariate):

Second chair (associate professor, later professorial):

Third chair (associate professor, later professorial):

literature

  • Franz Brunhölzl : Theodor Hopfner (1886–1945), Viktor Stegemann (1902–1948), Albert Rehm (1871–1949) . In: Eikasmós 4, 1993, pp. 203-216.
  • Martin Sicherheitsl : Memories of Prague (1933–1937) . In: Eikasmós 4, 1993, pp. 85-94.
  • Martin Sicherheitsl: Classical Philology at the German University of Prague 1849–1945 . In: Writings of the Sudetendeutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften und Künste 20, 1999, pp. 285–337 (abridged version in: Eikasmós 14, 2003, pp. 393–419).
This version was added to the selection of informative lists and portals on January 15, 2010 .