Richard Rudolf Walzer
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Richard Rudolf Walzer,[1] FBA (14 July 1900 in Berlin – 16 April 1975 in Oxford) was a German-born British scholar of Greek philosophy and of Arabic philosophy.
Education: Werner-Siemens-Realgymnasium, Berlin-Schöneberg; Frederick William University of Berlin.
Career
[edit]- Assistant (1927), Privatdocent in Classics (1932), Frederick William University of Berlin, 1927–1933
- Lecturer in Greek Philosophy, University of Rome, 1933–1938
- Lecturer in Mediaeval Philosophy (Arabic and Hebrew) (1942), Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Greek Philosophy (1950), Oriel College, Oxford, 1942–1962
- Honorary Professor, University of Hamburg, 1952
- Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1953–1954
- Fellow, Reader in Arabic and Greek Philosophy St Catherine's College, Oxford, 1962–1970
- He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1956.
References
[edit]- ^ Solmsen, Professor Friedrich (1987). RICHARD RUDOLF WALZER (PDF). The British Academy: The British Academy. pp. 2–7.
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