Herwig Maehler#


Herwig Maehler
Sadly, this member passed away.
Membership Number:743
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES
Elected:1990
Main Country of Residence:AUSTRIA


Herwig Maehler passed away October 29, 2021.

Positions Held
  • 2002 - 2003 Acting (deputy) Professor of Greek, University College London
  • 2000 Emeritus Professor of Papyrology, University College London
  • 1981 - 2000 Professor of Papyrology, University College London
  • 1979 - 1981 Reader in Papyrology, University College London
  • 1964 - 1979 Curator of Greek Papyri, Egyptian Museum, West Berlin
  • 1963 - 1964 Research Assistant, Department of Manuscripts, State and University Library, Hamburg
  • 1962 - 1963 Research Assistant, Lexikon des frühgriechischen Epos, University of Hamburg


Fields of Scholarship
  • Homer
  • Greek lyric
  • Ptolemaic Egypt

Honours and Awards
  • 1979 Corresponding Member, German Archaeological Institute
  • 1986 Fellow of the British Academy
  • 2000 Member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome
  • 2001 Honorary Fellow, University College London
  • 2007 Honorary Fellow, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
  • Honorary PhDs from the Universities of Helsinki (2000), ELTE Budapest (2001), Roma II ‘Tor Vergata’ (2003)


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