Sigmund Herzberg-Frankel
Sigmund Herzberg-Fränkel (born March 7, 1857 in Brody , Galicia , Austrian Empire , † September 19, 1913 in Vienna ) was a Jewish- Austrian historian and journalist.
Life
His father was the writer and journalist Leo Herzberg-Fränkel . Sigmund Herzberg-Fränkel studied law at the universities of Vienna , Göttingen and Berlin , but then turned to history. He received his doctorate from the University of Vienna in 1880 and his habilitation in 1887. In 1893 he was appointed associate professor and in 1895 full professor of general history at the Franz Joseph University in Czernowitz , which he headed in 1905 as rector . As such, he was an ex officio member of the Bukovinian state parliament from 1905 to 1907 . Herzberg-Fränkel was mainly concerned with the history of the Middle Ages and the historical auxiliary sciences . From 1887 to 1899 he also worked as a columnist and reviewer for the Wiener Zeitung .
literature
- Herzberg-Frankel, Sigmund. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 296.
- Herzberg-Frankel, Sigmund. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 11: Hein – Hirs. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-22691-8 , pp. 187-188.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herzberg-Frankel, Sigmund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian historian and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brody |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1913 |
| Place of death | Vienna |