Herbert Hunger

Herbert Hunger (December 9, 1914, Vienna - July 9, 2000, Vienna) was an Austrian Byzantine scholar.

From 1973-1982 he served two consecutive terms as president of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Literary works

* Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie (Lexicon of Greek and Roman Mythology), 1953, (8^th edition 1988)
* Reich der Neuen Mitte, 1965
* Byzantinische Grundlagenforschung, 1973
* Die hochsprachliche profane Literatur der Byzantiner, 2 Vols., 1978
* Das Denken am Leitseil der Sprache, 1999

External links

* [http://www.univie.ac.at/byzneo/NHunger.html Obituary by Johannes Koder, his student and friend (in German)]
* [http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.encyclop.h/h970103.htm;internal&action=_setlanguage.action?LANGUAGE=en Short biography with picture]
* [http://www.byzantium.ac.uk/spbsnews_obituaries.htm Obituary at Byzantium (Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies) - please scroll down to 2001 obituaries]
* [http://www.oeaw.ac.at/english/home.html Austrian Academy of Sciences]
* [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2005/2005-05-56.html Review of 'Festschrift' outlining the history of the Byzantine Institute of the University of Vienna, founded by Herbert Hunger]

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