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Bernhard Münz (1 February 1856 – 17 December 1919) was an
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Austria
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n writer, philosopher
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, and librarian
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The role of the librarian has changed much over time, ...
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Biography
He was born in Leipnik (now Lipník,Czech Republic
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) to Jewish
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parents Johanna () and Jakob Münz. His younger brother was journalist .
Münz studied classical philology
Philology () is the study of language in oral and writing, written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defin ...
and philosophy
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at the Universities of Vienna, Innsbruck
Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...
, and Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
, completing a Ph.D.
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at the former in 1877 under the supervision of Franz Brentano
Franz Clemens Honoratus Hermann Josef Brentano (; ; 16 January 1838 – 17 March 1917) was an influential German philosopher, psychologist, and former Catholic priest (withdrawn in 1873 due to the definition of papal infallibility in matters of F ...
. After working briefly at the university library in Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
, he became in 1889 amanuensis
An amanuensis () is a person employed to write or type what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another, and also refers to a person who signs a document on behalf of another under the latter's authority. In one example Eric Fenby ...
in the library of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien
The Jewish Community of Vienna (Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien or IKG) is the body that represents Vienna's Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jewish community. Today, the IKG has around 10 000 members. Throughout history, it has represented almost all ...
, and succeeded Samuel Hammerschlag as its director in 1900.
He wrote magazine articles for various publications, including ''Ost und West
''Ost und West'' ("East and West") was a German magazine meant to bridge the German Jewish world and the Eastern European Jewish world. The magazine, headquartered in Berlin, operated from 1901 to 1923.Brenner, "Neglected 'Women's' Texts and Con ...
'', the ''Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums
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'', the ''Neue Freie Presse
''Neue Freie Presse'' ("New Free Press") was a Viennese newspaper founded by Adolf Werthner together with the journalists Max Friedländer and Michael Etienne on 1 September 1864 after the staff had split from the newspaper ''Die Presse''. It ex ...
'', and ''Deutschland''. He promoted Salomon Wininger
Salomon Wininger (; 13 December 1877, Gura Humora, Bukovina – December 1968, in Ramat Gan, Israel) was an Austrian-Jewish biographer. He has been called one of the greatest Jewish biographers of all time.
Before World War I, Wininger lived in ...
's project of compiling a Jewish national biography and was on the editorial board from 1915; the first volume appeared in 1925. He was vice president of the journalists' and writers' association ''Concordia'' and did much to build up the association's charitable work for widows and orphans.
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Münz, Bernhard 1856 births 1919 deaths 19th-century Austrian Jews 19th-century philosophers 20th-century Austrian philosophers Austrian Empire Jews Austrian librarians Austrian philosophers Burials at the Vienna Central Cemetery Jewish philosophers Jews and Judaism in Vienna Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni People from Lipník nad Bečvou University of Innsbruck alumni University of Vienna alumni Writers from Vienna