Marian Auerbach a.k.a. Mayer [Majer] Auerbach (1882 – July 1941, in Lwów) was a Polish classical philologist of Jewish background. He graduated from the Philology Department of the University of Lwów, where he received his doctorate in 1911 and his habilitation in 1932. Auerbach lectured there, and was murdered by the Gestapo during the Holocaust in Poland.
Marian Auerbach | |
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 Marian Auerbach in the 1930s | |
| Born | 1882 |
| Died | July 1941 (aged 58–59) Lwów |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Notable works | Greek Grammar, 1935 |
Auerbach was an associate member of the Scientific Society of Lwów, as well as the contributor of the Polish Academy of Sciences Philological Commission. He published the first complete Polish university textbook on the Greek grammar in 1935, which was repeatedly reprinted.
Marian Auerbach should not be confused with Herman Auerbach (1901–1942), a prominent mathematician and professor at the Department of Mathematics at the Lwów University murdered in 1942 at the Lwów Ghetto.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Arcylwowianie - biografie, ciekawostki i życiorysy". Archived from the original on January 19, 2010. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
Bibliography
edit- "Skład Uniwersytetu Jana Kazimierza we Lwowie w roku 1935" (The composition of the Jan Kazimierz University in Lvov in 1935) at www.lwow.home.pl. Retrieved 21 March 2012. (in Polish)
- Jan Draus, Uniwersytet Jana Kazimierza we Lwowie 1918-1946 (Jan Kazimierz University in Lvov 1918-1946)
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