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)