GlaViWo - Archive: AT-OeAW-BA-3-27-ZAMU-11-08-056

(Type of publication: newspaper article)

David Heinrich v. M�ller

AT-OeAW-BA-3-27-ZAMU-11-08-056

Authors:	Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus
Locality:	Wien
Museum number:	Region�ln� Muzeum K.A. Pol�nka v Žatci (Av 11/8,56)
Provenance:	Estate of Eduard Glaser (1855-1908)

Language:	German
Creation date:	05.01.1913

Contents:
'… Der Tod hat lang und zu wuchtigen Hieben ausholen m�ssen, um so viel Energie und Arbeitskraft zu vernichten; bevor das Herz stille stand, das mit so viel Feuer und Leidenschaft der Forschung und der Wissenschaft zugetan gewesen …'
Short description:
Nikolaus Rhodokanakis (1876-1945), professor of Semitic philology at the University of Graz (Austria), pays tribute to the work of David Heinrich M�ller (1846-1912), professor of Semitic philology at the University of Vienna. He recalls the lectures of his 'excessively sharp-minded' teacher and the way he took interest in the work of his students, whom he wanted to prepare for life as a scientist in such a way that they would be spared harsh criticism, especially in their difficult beginnings.
Rhodokanakis also describes M�ller's 'feverish activity' in the last years of his life to secure the scientific estate of Eduard Glaser (1855-1908) for Austria. After the acquisition of the Glaser Collection by the then Imperial Academy of Sciences (today's Austrian Academy of Sciences), 'M�ller found no peace until the vast material was accommodated, arranged and distributed. ... He clung to the 'Glaseriana' as if it were a treasure, the most valuable of his life.'
Rhodokanakis concludes his obituary with the words: 'His memory is enshrined in the hearts of his friends and students. What he did for research in the pursuit of truth will live on as a part of the light that shines forever.'

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