Otto Kurz
Otto Kurz FBA (26 May 1908, Vienna - 3 September 1975, Jerusalem) was a historian and Slade Professor of Fine Arts, University of Oxford.
Education
Career
Fleeing to London from the Nazis, he was Librarian at the Warburg Institute, 1944–1965 and Professor of the History of Classical Tradition with special reference to the Near East, University of London, 1965-1975.
Honours
- He was Visiting Lecturer, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1964, and 1973
- He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy, 1962.
- Honorary Fellow: Associazione Francesco Francia, Bologna; Raccolta Vinciana, Milan; Accademia Clementina, Bologna.
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3 September 1975 |
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