Manfred Mayrhofer
Appearance
Manfred Mayrhofer | |
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Born | 26 September 1926 |
Died | 31 October 2011 Vienna,Austria | (aged 85)
Academic background | |
Education | University of Graz |
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Institutions | University of Würzburg Saarland University University of Vienna |
Manfred Mayrhofer(26 September 1926 – 31 October 2011) was anAustrianIndo-Europeanistwho specialized inIndo-Iranian languages.Mayrhofer served as professor emeritus at theUniversity of Vienna.He is noted for hisetymological dictionaryofSanskrit.
Mayrhofer was born inLinzand studied Indo-European andSemiticlinguistics andphilosophyat theUniversity of Graz,where he received hisPh.D.in 1949. From 1953 to 1963 he taught at theUniversity of Würzburg,and from 1963 to 1966 he was a professor atSaarland University.In 1966 he returned to Austria, serving as professor at theUniversity of Viennauntil his retirement in 1990. He died inViennaat the age of 85.[1]
Works[edit]
- 1953 –Sanskrit-Grammatik.
- English translation:A Sanskrit Grammar(2003),ISBN0-8173-1285-4.
- 1956–80 –Kurzgefasstes etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen.4 vols. Heidelberg: Carl Winter.ISBN0-8288-5722-9.
- 1956 – vol. 1: A–Th
- 1963 – vol. 2: D–M
- 1976 – vol. 3: Y–H
- 1980 – vol. 4: Index
- 1966 –Die Indo-Arier im alten Vorderasien.Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, 1966.
- 1974 –Die Arier im Vorderen Orient, ein Mythos? Mit einem bibliographischen Supplement.Vienna: Verlag der Österr. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1974.
- 1977 –Die avestischen Namen,IPNB I/1 (Vienna).
- 1978 –Sanskrit-Grammatik mit sprachvergleichenden Erläuterungen(1978),ISBN3-11-007177-0.
- 1979 –Die altiranischen Namen(Vienna),ISBN3-7001-0300-X.
- 1979/1996 –Ausgewähltekleine Schriften,ISBN3-88226-038-6.
- 1981 –Nach hundert Jahren. Ferdinand de Saussures Frühwerk und seine Rezeption durch die heutige Indogermanistik.Heidelberg: Carl Winter.
- 1982 –Sanskrit und die Sprachen Alteuropas(Göttingen)
- 1982 – “Welches Material aus dem Indo-arischen von Mitanni verbleibt für eine selektive Darstellung?”, inInvestigationes philologicae et comparativae: Gedenkschrift für Heinz Kronasser,ed. E. Neu. Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, 1982, pp. 72–90.
- 1986 –Indogermanische Grammatik,vol. 1:Lautlehre.Heidelberg: Carl Winter. (withJerzy KuryłowiczandCalvert Watkins),ISBN3-533-03487-9
- 1992–2001 –Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen.3 vols. Heidelberg: Carl Winter.ISBN3-533-03826-2.
- 1992 – vol. 1
- 1998 – vol. 2
- 2001 – vol. 3
- 2004 –Die Hauptprobleme der indogermanischen Lautlehre seit Bechtel(Vienna),ISBN3-7001-3250-6
- 2005 –Die Fortsetzung der indogermanischen Laryngale im Indo-Iranischen(Vienna),ISBN3-7001-3476-2
- 2006 –Einiges zu den Skythen, ihrer Sprache, ihrem Nachleben(Vienna),ISBN3-7001-3731-1
- 2009 –Indogermanistik: Über Darstellungen und Einführungen von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart(Vienna),ISBN3-7001-6603-6
Decorations and awards[edit]
- 1982: Culture Prize of the Province of Upper Austria
- 1986:Austrian Decoration for Science and Art[2]
- 1988: Wilhelm Hartel Prize
- 1992: Elected to theAmerican Philosophical Society[3]
- 1993: Elected to theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences[4]
- 2004: Cardinal Innitzer Prize
References[edit]
- ^Mein Leben(in German).Retrieved 2012-02-11.
- ^"Reply to a parliamentary question"(PDF)(in German). p. 780.Retrieved25 February2013.
- ^"APS Member History".search.amphilsoc.org.Retrieved2022-03-28.
- ^"Manfred Mayrhofer".American Academy of Arts & Sciences.Retrieved2022-03-28.
External links[edit]
- Personal webpage
- Manfred Mayrhofer– oeaw.ac.at (archived 27 August 2005)
Categories:
- 2011 deaths
- 1926 births
- Writers from Linz
- University of Graz alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Würzburg
- Academic staff of Saarland University
- Academic staff of the University of Vienna
- Sanskrit grammarians
- Austrian Indologists
- Linguists of Sanskrit
- Linguists of Indo-European languages
- Iranologists
- Linguists from Austria
- Etymologists
- Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy
- Members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Foreign Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences
- Foreign Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Recipients of the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- Members of the American Philosophical Society
- European linguist stubs
- Austrian academic biography stubs