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Hunger, Herbert
© Copyright Herbert Hunger. Photo, 1990. Hunger, Herbert, b. Vienna, Dec. 9, 1914, d. Vienna, July 9, 2000, Byzantine scholar, 1956-1962 head of the papyrus collection of the Austrian National Library, 1962-1985 professor at the University of Vienna, 1973-1982 president of the Austrian Academy of Sciences; founder of the Vienna school of Byzantine studies. Works: Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie, 1953, 81988; Studien zur griechischen Paläographie, 1954; Byzantinische Geisteswelt, 1958; Antikes und mittelalterliches Buch- u. Schriftwesen, 1961; Schreiben und Lesen in Byzanz, 1989; Epidosis, 1989 (collected works); Prochoros Kydones, 1990; catalogue of the Greek manuscripts of the Austrian National Library, 6 vols., 1961-1995; Das Denken am Leitseil der Sprache, 1999. Literature: Österreichische Byzantinische Gesellschaft, Bibliographie H. H., 2001.
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