Michael Gitlbauer

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Michael Gitlbauer (born September 3, 1847 in Leonding , † May 31, 1903 in Vienna ) was an Austrian classical philologist .

Life

Michael Gitlbauer was the son of a blacksmith in Leonding. He attended a grammar school in Linz while he continued to live in Leonding. In 1865 he entered the St. Florian's Priory of Augustinian canons and studied at whose house educational institution theology . He was ordained a priest in 1870 .

Gitlbauer then worked as an assistant priest in Ried near Mauthausen until 1872 . He then worked as custodian of the Münzkabinett of St. Florian Monastery, where he also taught moral theology at times . From 1873 he studied classical philology at the University of Vienna , which he completed with a doctorate in 1876 . Together with two other young Viennese doctors, Adolf Bauer and Richard von Kralik , he spent two semesters from October 1876 at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin to take part in seminars by Theodor Mommsen .

At the instigation of the classical philologist Wilhelm von Hartel , Michael Gitlbauer became a private lecturer in philology at the University of Vienna in 1877 . There he was appointed Associate Professor of Classical Philology in 1879 and then, in 1901, Full Professor. He headed the university's philological seminar . Gitlbauer's most important scientific achievement was the deciphering of the ancient Greek tachygraphy (shorthand). He worked for the literature and art section of the Christian scholars' association Leogesellschaft as chairman, archivist and historiographer and was a member of the Austrian Numismatic Society . He wrote for years for the Roman Catholic-oriented daily Das Vaterland and was also active as a pastor in the Viennese parish church of St. Othmar under the white tanners .

Michael Gitlbauer died at the age of 55 and was buried in the cemetery of St. Florian Monastery. Gitlbauergasse in Vienna- Leopoldau was named after him in 1954 .

Fonts

  • De Codice Liviniano vetustissimo Vindobonensi . Gerold, Vienna 1876.
  • The remains of Greek tachygraphy in Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1809 . Fasc. 1. Gerold, Vienna 1878.
  • Memory of Joseph Gaisberger, reg. Canon of St. Florian Monastery . Wimmer, Linz 1871.
  • A word about Madvig's Emendationes Livianae . Gerold, Vienna 1878.
  • Mary, a threefold example of the priest. Primary sermon given on August 5, 1883 . Herder, Freiburg 1884.
  • Philological forays . Herder, Freiburg 1884.
  • The remains of Greek tachygraphy in Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1809 . Fasc. 2. Gerold, Vienna 1884.
  • Wildenbruch's forbidden drama “Der Generalfeldoberst” critically examined by Jakob von Burgholz . Buchdruck Austria, Vienna 1890. (Under a pseudonym.)
  • The priesthood is an angelic office. Primary sermon held at the solemn first holy mass of Hochw. Mr. Benedict Sobotka . Academic Press Association Book Printing, Linz 1891.
  • Travel pictures from Swabia and Switzerland . Heinrich Kirsch, Vienna 1893.
  • The shorthand of the Greeks and Romans . Buchdruck Austria, Vienna 1894.
  • The three systems of Greek tachygraphy . Gerold, Vienna 1896.
  • Sophocles : Antigone . With setting of the vocal parts by Richard Kralik. Braumüller, Stuttgart / Vienna 1897 (ancient Greek: Ἀντιγόνη . Translated by Michael Gitlbauer).
  • William Shakespeare : The Storm . Braumüller, Stuttgart / Vienna 1897 (English: The Tempest . Translated by Michael Gitlbauer).
  • Studies on Greek tachygraphy . Thormann & Goetsch, Berlin 1903.

Michael Gitlbauer also published school editions by ancient authors such as Livius , Horace , Cornelius Nepos , Caesar and Plato .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Professor Dr. Michael Gitlbauer †. In:  Tages-Post , June 16, 1903, p. 4 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / tpt
  2. ↑ a b c d Dr. Michael Gitlbauer †. In:  Linzer Volksblatt , June 3, 1903, p. 4 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / lvb
  3. ↑ a b c d Gitlbauer Michael. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 447.
  4. ↑ Richard v. Kralik:  For Theodor Mommsen's 100th birthday. From personal memories. In:  Reichspost , November 29, 1917, p. 8 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / rpt
  5. ↑ Felix Czeike (Ed.): Gitlbauer Michael. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 2, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-218-00544-2 , p. 546 ( digitized version ).
  6. ↑ Felix Czeike (Ed.): Gitlbauergasse. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 2, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-218-00544-2 , p. 546 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Gitlbauer, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Leonding
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1903
Place of death Vienna