Herbert Hunger

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Herbert Hunger (December 9, 1914, Vienna - July 9, 2000, Vienna) was an Austrian Byzantine scholar.

Herbert Hunger

From 1973-1982 he served two consecutive terms as president of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

[edit] Literary works

• Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie (Lexicon of Greek and Roman Mythology), 1953, (8^th edition 1988)
• Reich der Neuen Mitte, 1965
• Byzantinische Grundlagenforschung, 1973
• Die hochsprachliche profane Literatur der Byzantiner, 2 Vols., 1978
• Das Denken am Leitseil der Sprache, 1999

[edit] External links

• Obituary by Johannes Koder, his student and friend (in German)
• Short biography with picture
• Obituary at Byzantium (Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies) - please scroll down to 2001 obituaries
• Austrian Academy of Sciences
• Review of 'Festschrift' outlining the history of the Byzantine Institute of the University of Vienna, founded by Herbert Hunger

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