Willy Theiler
Max Wilhelm Theiler (24 October 1899 – 26 February 1977) was a Swiss classical philologist who specialized in ancient philosophy.
Born in Adliswil, Theiler was the son of Gottfried Theiler and d'Emma Weidmann. He was educated at the universities of Zurich, Basel, Göttingen, and Berlin. He obtained his doctorate from Basel in 1924, He was appointed Privatdozent in 1927, extraordinary professor at Kiel University in 1930, ordinary professor at Königsberg University in 1932, extraordinary (1944), then ordinary professor (1947–1968) of philology at Bern.[1][2] He died in Bern.
Theiler was elected a corresponding fellow of the British Academy in 1965.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Base de données sur les Élites suisses au XXe siècle". www2.unil.ch. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- ^ "Theiler, Willy". hls-dhs-dss.ch (in French). Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- ^ "Professor Dr Willy Theiler FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
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