Walter Poetscher
Walter Pötscher (born December 22, 1928 in Vienna , † December 2, 2004 ibid) was an Austrian classical philologist .
Pötscher studied classical philology at the University of Vienna , where he received his doctorate in 1953 . He then worked as a grammar school teacher in Vienna and held courses at the University of Salzburg at the same time . Here he completed his habilitation in 1966 and was appointed associate professor in 1971. In 1982 he moved to the University of Graz as a full professor and professor , where he worked until his retirement (1997).
For his scientific merits, Pötscher was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art 1st Class and the Gold Medal of Honor of the Federal Capital Vienna . On the occasion of his 70th birthday, Joachim Dalfen , Gerhard Petersmann and Franz Ferdinand Schwarz published the Festschrift Religio Graeco-Romana in his honor in 1998 . Pötscher was buried at the Inzersdorfer Friedhof (group 19, row 10, number 15) in Vienna.
literature
- Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar , 18th Edition (2001), p. 2437.
Web links
- Literature by and about Walter Pötscher in the catalog of the German National Library
First chair: Albert Muchar (1827–1849) | Karlmann Tangl (1850–1863) | Karl Schenkl (1863–1875) | Otto Keller (1875–1881) | Alois Goldbacher (1882–1908) | Josef Mesk (1909–1914) | Richard Meister (1918–1920) | Karl Mras (1921–1933) | Otmar Schissel von Fleschenberg (1926–1943) | Carl Koch (1943–1945) | Endre von Ivánka (1947–1961) | Karl Vretska (1961–1971) | Eugen Dönt (1971–1981) | Walter Pötscher (1982–1997) | Eveline Krummen (since 1999)
Second chair: Emanuel Hoffmann (1850–1856) | Max Theodor von Karajan (1857–1904) | Richard Cornelius Kukula (1905-1919) | Karl Prinz (1919–1939) | Hans Gerstinger (1940–1960) | Franz Stoessl (1961–1981) | Franz Ferdinand Schwarz (1982–1996) | Ursula Gärtner (since 2016)
Third chair: Wilhelm Kergel (1871–1891) | Heinrich Schenkl (1892–1917) | Josef Mesk (1917–1940)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Poetscher, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 2, 2004 |
| Place of death | Vienna |