Herwig Maehler, FBA (29 April 1935 – 29 October 2021) was a German historian and

papyrologist Papyrology is the study of manuscripts of ancient literature, correspondence, legal archives, etc., preserved on portable media from antiquity, the most common form of which is papyrus, the principal writing material in the ancient civilizations ...

, who specialized in

classics Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

and ancient history.

Biography

He completed his PhD at the

University of Hamburg The University of Hamburg (german: link=no, Universität Hamburg, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('' Allgemeines Vor ...

in 1961. In 1975, he completed his

Habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...

in classics from the

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...

. He subsequently worked as a curator of Greek

papyri Papyrus ( ) is a material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as a writing surface. It was made from the pith of the papyrus plant, ''Cyperus papyrus'', a wetland sedge. ''Papyrus'' (plural: ''papyri'') can also refer to a d ...

Egyptian Museum of Berlin The Egyptian Museum of Berlin (german: Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung) is home to one of the world's most important collections of ancient Egyptian artefacts, including the iconic Nefertiti Bust. Since 1855, the collection is a part of t ...

. Afterwards he was Professor of Papyrology at

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

Awards

He was a fellow of the

British Academy The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars span ...

Bibliography

Some of his books are: * ''The Vienna Epigrams Papyrus'' * ''Pindari Carmina cvm Fragmentis: Pars II: Fragmenta. Indices'' * ''Die Lieder des Bakchylides'' * ''Schrift, Text Und Bild: Kleine Schriften Von Herwig Maehler'' * ''Urkunden Aus Hermupolis '' * ''Die Auffassung des Dichterberufs im fruhen Griechentum bis zur Zeit Pindars'' * ''Urkunden römischer Zeit''

References

External links

* http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Maehler_Herwig * http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Maehler_Herwig/CV * http://britac.ac.uk/user/1741 1935 births 2021 deaths 20th-century German historians University of Hamburg alumni German papyrologists Writers from Berlin Fellows of the British Academy Free University of Berlin alumni Alumni of University College London {{germany-historian-stub