Leopold Wenger

Austrian legal historian (1874–1953)

Leopold Wenger (4 September 1874 – 21 September 1953) was a prominent Austrian historian of ancient law. He fostered interdisciplinary study of the ancient world (including law, literature, papyri, and inscriptions).²

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Born Sep 4, 1874, died Sep 21, 1953.¹

Companies

Bavarian Academy of Sciences and HumanitiesChair 1932 to 1935¹²

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Graz³

Career

Occupation: legal historian, historian of classical antiquity, university teacher, jurist, classical philologist, papyrologist.⁶

1932 to 1935Chair, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities⁵
Date not recordedWorked at Heidelberg University⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München⁴
Date not recordedWorked at University of Graz⁴
Date not recordedWorked at University of Vienna⁴

Personal life

BornSep 4, 1874, Obervellach⁷
DiedSep 21, 1953, Obervellach⁸
CitizenshipAustria⁹

Awards

1947Prize of the City of Vienna for the Humanities¹⁰
Date not recordedhonorary doctor of the University of Vienna^{10 11}

Sources

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WikidataLeopold Wenger: Worked at Heidelberg University, on Wikidata
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WikidataLeopold Wenger: Chair, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, on Wikidata
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WikidataLeopold Wenger: place of death, on Wikidata
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WikidataLeopold Wenger: award, on Wikidata
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WikidataBavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Chair