Theodor Gomperz
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Theodor Gomperz (March 29, 1832 – August 29, 1912), was an Austrian philosopher and classical scholar, born at Brno (Brünn).
Gomperz studied at Brno and at Vienna under Hermann Bonitz. Graduating at the University of Vienna in 1867 he became privatdozent, and subsequently a professor of classical philology (1873). In 1882 he was elected a full member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences. He received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa from the University of Königsberg, and Doctor of Literature from the universities of Dublin and Cambridge, and became correspondent for several learned societies.[1]
Gomperz resigned his professorship at Vienna in order to devote all his energy to his magnum opus Griechische Denker ("Greek Thinkers"), which first appeared in 1893.[2]
He died in Baden bei Wien.[3]
Along with his son, Heinrich Gomperz, he collected a large library of rare books and first editions, which the University of South Carolina managed to save from Nazi control shortly before World War Two.[4]
