Max Burckhardt
Max Burckhardt (born December 14, 1910 in Basel ; † July 29, 1993 there ) was a Swiss historian .
Life
Max Burckhardt, son of a doctor of the same name, studied history, philosophy and church history in Basel, Berlin and Munich .
In 1938 he received his doctorate in Berlin with the dissertation The Collection of Letters of Bishop Avitus von Vienne (d. 518) .
From 1940 to 1976 he headed the manuscript department of the Basel University Library . 1948–1972 he was editor of the Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde . In addition, he edited 1945-1948 and, together with his wife Ruth geb. Menzi, 1965–1988 the Basel Bibliography .
His main work is the edition of Jacob Burckhardt's letters in 10 volumes (1949–1994).
Together with Alfred Remigius Weber and Edgar Bonjour , Burckhardt was made an honorary member of the Historical and Antiquarian Society of Basel in 1990.
Honors
- 1978 Jacob Burckhardt Prize from the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Foundation, Basel
- 1978 Dr. hc. of the University of Bern
- 1981 election to the corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences
Web links
- Max Burckhardt's estate in the Basel University Library
- Leonhard Burckhardt : Burckhardt, Max. In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz .
- Literature by and about Max Burckhardt in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 53.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burckhardt, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burckhardt-Menzi, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1993 |
| Place of death | Basel |