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Redlich, OswaldRedlich, Oswald, b. Innsbruck (Tyrol), Sept. 17, 1858, d. Vienna, Jan. 20, 1944, historian; father of Virgil Redlich. >From 1882 professor at Innsbruck University, 1893-1929 in Vienna, from 1926 head of the Department of Austrian History Research (Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung), 1919-1938 president of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1918/19 interim director of the National Archives, prevented its dispersion amongst the successor states of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Played an important role in numerous scientific projects and continued the "Österreichische Geschichte" by A. Huber up to 1740. Works: Rudolf von Habsburg, 1903; Urkundenlehre, 2 vols., 1907/1911 (with W. Erben and L. Schmitz-Kallenberg); Ö. Großmachtbildung in der Zeit Leopolds I., 1921; Das Werden einer Großmacht, 1938 (41962); Über Kunst und Kultur des Barocks in Ö., in: Archiv f. ö. Geschichte 115, 1943. Literatur: L. Santifaller, O. R., in: MIÖG 56, 1948; ÖBL.
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