Wilhelm Drexler

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Franz Wilhelm Drexler (born December 9, 1858 in Merseburg , † May 27, 1930 in Greifswald ) was a German historian , classical philologist and librarian .

Life

Wilhelm Drexler was the son of Wilhelm Drexler, who died early, and his wife Jakobine, née Marhofer. After graduation, he began studying history, geography and classical philology at the United Friedrichs University in Halle-Wittenberg in 1877 . There he listened to the historians Gustav Droysen and Ernst Ludwig Dümmler , the geographer Alfred Kirchhoff and the classical philologists Heinrich Keil and Eduard Hiller , fellow students of Friedrich Nietzsche and Erwin Rohdes . In 1880, Drexler Hall with the work was "Caracalla train to the East and the last Parthian (214-217)" at Dümmler doctorate .

On July 13, 1886, he began as a signatory at the University Library in Halle , where he rose to work as a laborer in 1887 and as a volunteer in 1891. From 1891 he was employed as a laborer at the University Library in Berlin, but returned to Halle as an assistant in 1893 . Finally, on April 1, 1897, he became a full librarian at the University Library of Greifswald . In 1908, meanwhile appointed senior librarian in Greifswald, Drexler was awarded the title of professor, which was followed in 1910 with his appointment to the fourth class council and equality with a full professor.

After graduating, Drexler turned to Greek mythology . In addition to two monographs on the cult of Isis and Serapis in Asia Minor and the influential "Cult of the Egyptian deities in the Danube countries" , he began to contribute to Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher's detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology during his time as a librarian in Halle and continued to do so until 1909 published the second part of the third volume. In addition to numerous smaller articles, he contributed extensive adaptations, for example on Hathor or the Phrygian god Men , but above all the 180 column article on Isis . In 1937 his mythological contributions were published posthumously in the addenda to Roscher's Lexicon. His numismatic articles for various specialist journals were also received again and again .

Publications (selection)

  • Caracalla's expedition to the Orient and the last Parthian War (214–217). Hall 1880 ( digitized ).
  • The Isis and Sarapis Cults in Asia Minor. Austrian Numismatic Society, Vienna 1889.
  • The cult of the Egyptian deities in the Danube countries (= mythological contributions. Issue 1). Teubner, Leipzig 1890 ( digitized version ).

Remarks

  1. ^ Central Journal for Libraries . Volume 48, 1931, p. 377.
  2. ^ Wilhelm Drexler: Vita in the appendix to the dissertation Caracalla's move to the Orient and the last Parthian war (214-217). Halle 1880 ( digitized , Latin).
  3. ^ Yearbook of the German Libraries. 1898 p. 33, 75; Central Journal for Libraries. Volume 17, 1900, p. 62.
  4. ^ German literary newspaper for criticism of international science . Volume 29, 1908, p. 38.
  5. ^ Central Journal for Libraries. Volume 27, 1910, p. 139.
personal data
SURNAME Drexler, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Drexler, Franz Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, classical philologist and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Merseburg
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1930
Place of death Greifswald