List of Classical Philologists at the University of Bern
The list of Classical Philologists at the University of Bern includes all relevant representatives of the field of Classical Philology at the University of Bern .
history
Greek and Latin had already been taught at the previous institutions of the University of Bern. Until the 19th century, however, they remained in the rank of an auxiliary science. Since 1684 there was a chair of eloquence, whose representatives also had to give lectures on ancient literature.
In the 19th century, Classical Philology was established as an independent science at many European universities. When the University of Bern was founded in 1834, four representatives of Classical Philology were appointed to the Philosophical Faculty: Karl Jahn , Karl Wilhelm Müller , Georg Rettig and Eduard Schnell , all of them extraordinary professors.
After Jahn's death (1854), Rettig was the only remaining professor of classical philology. He was made a full professor in 1856. In the same year Otto Ribbeck came to the University of Bern as an associate professor. On February 18, 1859, the Philological and Pedagogical Seminary was established on his initiative. The model for this institution, the main purpose of which was to train teachers, was provided by the University of Bonn , where Ribbeck had studied. The seminar consisted of two departments, one purely philological and one purely educational. The maximum number of full members was six, the number of extraordinary members was not fixed. In addition to the philological exercises, the seminar asked its members to take test lessons at the Bern Cantonal School. The directors of the seminar were the professors for classical philology (Ribbeck was promoted to full professorial in 1859).
Like Ribbeck, who moved to Basel in 1861, his successor Hermann Usener also came from the Bonn school. He stayed in Bern for only two years and then moved to Greifswald. Since then, both chairs for Classical Philology have been held almost exclusively by Swiss . When Hermann Hitzig was appointed in 1878, the second chair was expanded to include the subjects of “Classical Philology and High School Education”. When Hitzig's successor Friedrich Haag was promoted to full professorial position in 1891, he received the same teaching post . Otto Schulthess , who worked in Bern from 1907 to 1932, was particularly effective in the early 20th century .
Linguistics began at the University of Bern with the appointment of Wilhelm Havers as Professor of Classical Philology (1917) . His chair successors Albert Debrunner and Walter Porzig expanded the department further.
Following the decision of the faculty in 1932, the chairs for classical philology were specialized in Greek and Latin studies. The Latin chair was converted into a lectureship in 2009.
In addition to the professor at the Institute for Classical Philology, there are currently a professor, three assistants, two assistant assistants and two other lecturers.
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 Bern. 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. The last column shows pictures of the lecturers, which is currently difficult due to the image rights.
| scientist | from | to | Functions | Remarks | image |
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| Karl Jahn (1777-1854) | 1834 | 1854 | Associate professor | Teacher at the Cantonal School in Bern, at the same time professor for "Literature and German Language" at the Academy | |
| Karl Wilhelm Müller (1800–1874) | 1834 | 1846 | Associate professor | 1833 private lecturer at the academy, 1834 associate professor | |
| Georg Rettig (1803-1897) | 1834 | 1878 | Full professor | Extraordinarius, since 1856 full professor | |
| Eduard Schnell (1805-1858) | 1834 | 1852 | Associate professor | ||
| Ludwig Seeger (1810–1864) | 1835 | 1848 | Private lecturer | High school professor, part-time lecturer at the University of Bern; political publicist and well-known translator; moved to Stuttgart in 1848 |
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| Otto Ribbeck (1827–1898) | 1856 | 1861 | Full professor | Associate professor, full professor in 1859 and founder of the philological-pedagogical seminar; moved to Basel, later to Kiel, Heidelberg and Leipzig |
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| Hermann Usener (1834–1905) | 1861 | 1863 | Associate professor | Successor to Ribbeck; moved to Greifswald, later to Bonn |
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| Johann Melchior Knaus (1820–1901) | 1863 | 1878 | Associate professor | Successor to Usener | |
| Hermann Hagen (1844–1898) | 1865 | 1898 | Full professor | Privatdozent, associate professor in 1873, full professor in 1878 as successor to Knaus | |
| Hermann Hitzig (1843–1918) | 1878 | 1886 | Associate professor | Privatdozent, full professor in 1878 as successor to Rettig; moved to Zurich | |
| Friedrich Haag (1846–1914) | 1887 | 1906 | Full professor | Hitzig's successor, full professor in 1891 | |
| Karl Praechter (1858–1933) | 1889 | 1907 | Full professor | Privatdozent, Associate Professor in 1897, Full Professor in 1899 as successor to Hagen; moved to Halle | |
| Otto Schulthess (1862-1939) | 1907 | 1932 | Full professor | Successor to Praechter | |
| Wilhelm Havers (1879–1961) | 1915 | 1920 | Full professor | Successor to Haags, Indo-Europeanist; moved to Würzburg, later to Breslau and Vienna | |
| Albert Debrunner (1884-1958) | 1920 1925 |
1935 1954 |
Full professor | Professor of Indo-European Studies | |
| Walter Porzig (1895–1961) | 1925 | 1935 | Full professor | Successor to Debrunner; dismissed for Nazi activities | |
| Édouard Tièche (1877–1962) | 1931 | 1943 | Full professor | Successor to Schulthess | |
| Oskar von Allmen (1898–1932) | 1931 | 1932 | Associate professor | ||
| Walter Wili (1900–1975) | 1933 | 1966 | Full professor | Associate professor as successor to Allmen, full honorary professor in 1949; Specialist in Augustan poetry, editor of the Noctes Romanae series | |
| Willy Theiler (1899–1977) | 1944 | 1968 | Full professor | as associate professor successor to Tièches, 1947 full professor; Plotinus Researcher | |
| Konrad Müller (1920–2015) | 1947 | 1963 | Private lecturer | Lecturer, habilitation in 1960; moved to Tübingen, later to Freiburg im Üechtland | |
| Olof Gigon (1912-1998) | 1948 | 1982 | Full professor | Specialist in Greek philosophy, co-editor of the Museum Helveticum magazine | |
| Georges Redard (1922-2005) | 1954 | 1987 | Full professor | Debrunner's successor as associate professor, full professor in 1958 | |
| Max Imhof (* 1928) | 1965 | 1992 | Associate professor | Privatdozent, 1970 non-civil servant associate professor | |
| Thomas Gelzer (1926-2010) | 1970 | 1991 | Full professor | Successor of Theiler, specialist in Greek comedy (Aristophanes) and Hellenistic literature | |
| Christoph Eucken (* 1939) | 1974 | 2004 | Associate professor | Assistant, 1979 senior assistant, habilitation in 1980, senior assistant lecturer in 1984, 1993 part-time associate professor; Specialist in platonic philosophy, sophistry, rhetoric and historiography | |
| Alfred Stückelberger (* 1935) | 1977 | 2000 | Honorary professor | Lecturer, habilitation in 1982, honorary professor in 1988; Specialist in literature from the imperial era | |
| Kurt Anliker (1926-2006) | 1980 | 1991 | Honorary professor | Specialist in literature from the imperial era | |
| Christoph Schäublin (* 1941) | 1982 | 1997 | Full professor | Successor to Gigons, full-time rector of the University of Bern in 1997 | |
| Heinz-Günther Nesselrath (* 1957) | 1992 | 2001 | Full professor | successor to Gelzer as associate professor, full professor in 1997; Specialist in Greek historiography, Platonic philosophy, comedy and Second Sophistic literature; moved to Göttingen |
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| Michael Hillgruber (* 1961) | 1992 | 1995 | Private lecturer | Specialist in Greek literature, habilitation in 1993; moved to Halle | |
| Martin Korenjak (* 1971) | 2003 | 2009 | Full professor | Specialist in Roman literature of the imperial era; moved to Innsbruck |
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| Arnd Kerkhecker (* 1965) | 2003 | Full professor | Successor to Nesselrath; Specialist in Hellenistic poetry | ||
| Gerlinde Huber-Rebenich (* 1959) | 2009 | Associate Professor | Professor of Latin Philology; Specialist in Middle and Neo-Latin poetry and Ovid reception |
Chair holder
Greek Studies : Karl Jahn (1834–1854) | Otto Ribbeck (1856–1861) | Hermann Usener (1861–1863) | Johann Melchior Knaus (1863–1878) | Hermann Hagen (1878–1898) | Karl Praechter (1897–1907) | Otto Schulthess (1907–1932) | Édouard Tièche (1932–1943) | Willy Theiler (1944–1968) | Thomas Gelzer (1970–1991) | Heinz-Günther Nesselrath (1992–2001) | Arnd Kerkhecker (since 2003)
Latin Studies I: Georg Rettig (1834–1878) | Hermann Hitzig (1878–1886) | Friedrich Haag (1887–1906) | Wilhelm Havers (1915–1920) | Albert Debrunner (1920–1925) | Oskar von Allmen (1931–1932) | Walter Wili (1933–1966) | Max Imhof (1970–1992)
Latin Studies II: Olof Gigon (1948–1982) | Christoph Schäublin (1982–2002) | Martin Korenjak (2003–2009) | Gerlinde Huber-Rebenich (since 2009)
literature
- Regulations governing the establishment of a philological and educational seminar in Bern . In: Yearbooks for Classical Philology , 5th year (1859), pp. 654–656.
- University history Bern 1528–1984. For the 150th anniversary of the University of Bern in 1984 . Bern 1984.