Benno Landsberger: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Tag: Reverted |
m Moving Category:Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy to Category:Corresponding fellows of the British Academy per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy |
||
| (8 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|German Assyriologist (1890–1968)}} |
{{Short description|German Assyriologist (1890–1968)}} |
||
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} |
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} |
||
{{Expand German|Benno Landsberger|date=September 2010}} |
{{Expand German|topic=bio|Benno Landsberger|date=September 2010}} |
||
{{Infobox scientist |
{{Infobox scientist |
||
| name = Benno Landsberger |
| name = Benno Landsberger |
||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
| nationality = |
| nationality = |
||
| fields = [[Assyriology]] |
| fields = [[Assyriology]] |
||
| workplaces = |
|||
| alma_mater = |
|||
| thesis_title = <!--(or | thesis1_title = and | thesis2_title = )--> |
|||
| thesis_url = <!--(or | thesis1_url = and | thesis2_url = )--> |
|||
| thesis_year = <!--(or | thesis1_year = and | thesis2_year = )--> |
|||
| doctoral_advisor = <!--(or | doctoral_advisors = )--> |
|||
| doctoral_students = [[Erica Reiner]] |
| doctoral_students = [[Erica Reiner]] |
||
| known_for = |
| known_for = |
||
| awards = |
| awards = |
||
}} |
}} |
||
'''Benno Landsberger''' (21 April 1890 – 26 April 1968) was a German [[Assyriology|Assyriologist]]. |
'''Benno Landsberger''' (21 April 1890 – 26 April 1968) was a German [[Assyriology|Assyriologist]]. |
||
== Early life and education == |
== Early life and education == |
||
{{Unsourced|section|date=February 2024}} |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
He was born on 21 April 1890 in Friedek, then part of [[Austrian Silesia]], and from 1908 studied Oriental Studies at [[Leipzig]]. Amongst his teachers were [[August Fischer]] in [[Arabic]] and [[Heinrich Zimmern]] in [[Assyriology]]. |
|||
| ⚫ | In 1914, Landsberger joined the [[Austro-Hungarian Army]], where he fought with distinction on the [[Eastern Front (World War I)|Eastern Front]], winning a golden Distinguished Service Cross. He returned to Leipzig after the war and was appointed to the position of 'extraordinary professor" in 1926. In 1928, he was appointed successor to [[Peter Jensen (Orientalist)|Peter Jensen]] at [[University of Marburg|Marburg]], but returned to Leipzig in 1929 as Zimmern's successor. |
||
== Later career == |
== Later career == |
||
Landsberger was dismissed as a result of the Nazi-era [[Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service]] which excluded [[Jews]] from government employment. Landsberger accepted a post at the new Turkish University of Ankara, working especially in the area of languages, history and geography. After 1945 he was appointed to the [[University of Chicago Oriental Institute|Oriental Institute]] of the [[University of Chicago]], where he worked until 1955. During this period he became a naturalized American citizen. He was elected to the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1959.<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Benno+Landsberger&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> |
Landsberger was dismissed as a result of the Nazi-era [[Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service]] which excluded [[Jews]] from government employment. Landsberger accepted a post at the new Turkish University of Ankara, working especially in the area of languages, history and geography. After 1945 he was appointed to the [[University of Chicago Oriental Institute|Oriental Institute]] of the [[University of Chicago]], where he worked until 1955. During this period he became a naturalized American citizen. He was elected to the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1959.<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Benno+Landsberger&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> |
||
Landsberger was an eminent and groundbreaking scholar, editing many important lexical texts and conducting fundamental linguistic studies. He passed on a Germanic academic tradition that continues today in many countries via his students.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} He was also known for particularly black humor and a love of cigars and beer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Benno Landsberger (1890 - 1968)|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Landsberger-20 |access-date=2023-04-24}}</ref> |
|||
== Works == |
== Works == |
||
| Line 46: | Line 42: | ||
{{Reflist}} |
{{Reflist}} |
||
==Sources== |
|||
* https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd116681888.html#ndbcontent |
* [https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd116681888.html#ndbcontent Profile], deutsche-biographie.de. Accessed 13 February 2024. (in German) |
||
{{Authority control}} |
{{Authority control}} |
||
| Line 59: | Line 57: | ||
[[Category:Silesian Jews]] |
[[Category:Silesian Jews]] |
||
[[Category:American people of Czech-Jewish descent]] |
[[Category:American people of Czech-Jewish descent]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:Expatriates in Turkey]] |
||
[[Category:German emigrants to the United States]] |
|||
[[Category:People from Frýdek-Místek]] |
[[Category:People from Frýdek-Místek]] |
||
[[Category:German male non-fiction writers]] |
[[Category:German male non-fiction writers]] |
||
[[Category:Corresponding |
[[Category:Corresponding fellows of the British Academy]] |
||
[[Category:Austro-Hungarian Army officers]] |
[[Category:Austro-Hungarian Army officers]] |
||
| ⚫ | |||
{{CzechRepublic-academic-bio-stub}} |
{{CzechRepublic-academic-bio-stub}} |
||
{{Austria-academic-bio-stub}} |
{{Austria-academic-bio-stub}} |
||
{{Germany-linguist-stub}} |
{{Germany-linguist-stub}} |
||
| ⚫ | |||
Latest revision as of 08:02, 13 September 2024
 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (September 2010) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Benno Landsberger | |
|---|---|
.jpg) | |
| Born | 21 April 1890 |
| Died | 26 April 1968 (aged 78) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Assyriology |
| Doctoral students | Erica Reiner |
Benno Landsberger (21 April 1890 – 26 April 1968) was a German Assyriologist.
Early life and education
[edit] |
He was born on 21 April 1890 in Friedek, then part of Austrian Silesia, and from 1908 studied Oriental Studies at Leipzig. Amongst his teachers were August Fischer in Arabic and Heinrich Zimmern in Assyriology.
In 1914, Landsberger joined the Austro-Hungarian Army, where he fought with distinction on the Eastern Front, winning a golden Distinguished Service Cross. He returned to Leipzig after the war and was appointed to the position of 'extraordinary professor" in 1926. In 1928, he was appointed successor to Peter Jensen at Marburg, but returned to Leipzig in 1929 as Zimmern's successor.
Later career
[edit]Landsberger was dismissed as a result of the Nazi-era Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service which excluded Jews from government employment. Landsberger accepted a post at the new Turkish University of Ankara, working especially in the area of languages, history and geography. After 1945 he was appointed to the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, where he worked until 1955. During this period he became a naturalized American citizen. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1959.[1]
Works
[edit]- The ritual calendar of Babylonia and Assyria Leipzig 1914 (thesis) Leipzig Semitic Studies Bd 6, H, 1 February 1915
- "Der 'Ventiv' des Akkadischen" Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 35: 113–23 1924
- Über die Völker Vorderasiens im dritten Jahrtausend Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 35: 213–44 1924
- Assyrische Handelskolonien in Kleinasien aus dem dritten Jahrtausend (Assyrian Commercial Colonies in Asia Minor from the Third Millennium) Leipzig 1925 (Der Alte Orient, Bd. 24. H. 4)
- Materialen zum sumerischen Lexikon (Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon, ed. with others) Rome 1937-
- The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (ed. with others) Chicago 1956-
References
[edit]- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
Sources
[edit]- Profile, deutsche-biographie.de. Accessed 13 February 2024. (in German)
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Academics | |
| People | |
| Other | |
   | This biographical article about a Czech academic is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This biographical article about an Austrian academic is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
  | This article on a German linguist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- 1890 births
- 1968 deaths
- Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany
- 20th-century Austrian people
- German Assyriologists
- Austrian Assyriologists
- Jewish orientalists
- Silesian Jews
- American people of Czech-Jewish descent
- Expatriates in Turkey
- People from Frýdek-Místek
- German male non-fiction writers
- Corresponding fellows of the British Academy
- Austro-Hungarian Army officers
- Members of the American Philosophical Society
- Czech people stubs
- European academic biography stubs
- Austrian academic biography stubs
- German linguist stubs