Walter Hirschberg
Walter Hirschberg (born December 17, 1904 in Nova-Gradiška (then Austria-Hungary ), † August 16, 1996 in Vienna ) was an Austrian ethnologist , folklorist and Africanist . He was a professor at the Institute for Ethnology at the University of Vienna and at the University of World Trade in Vienna.
His best-known works include his book Die Kulturen Afrikas in the Handbuch der Kulturgeschichte founded by Heinz Kindermann and the (New) Dictionary of Ethnology .
Alongside Karl R. Wernhart and Christian F. Feest, Hirschberg is considered to be one of the founders of ethnographic history in Vienna.
Hirschberg was buried at the Döblinger Friedhof .
literature
- Karl R. Wernhart: Walter Hirschberg (1904–1996): Life and work of an anthropologist (with bibliography) . In: Communications of the Anthropological Society in Vienna Volume 127 (1997) Culture and cultural identities .
Web links
- Literature by and about Walter Hirschberg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Walter Hirschberg in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Individual evidence
- ^ Institute for cultural and social anthropology: To the history of the institute on univie
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SURNAME | Hirschberg, Walter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian ethnologist, folklorist and Africanist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1904 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nova-Gradiška , Croatia |
DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1996 |
Place of death | Vienna |