Antony E. Raubitschek (1912–1999)

Antony E. Raubitschek (full name Antony Erich Raubitschek , born December 4, 1912 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary , † May 7, 1999 in Palo Alto) was an American ancient historian and epigraphist of Austrian origin.

Life
Anton Erich Raubitschek was the son of the physician Hugo Raubitschek (1881-1955) and his wife Gertrud (1887-1973). His father was originally of Jewish faith, but was baptized in 1902 Catholic. Raubitschek studied classical philology , ancient history and archeology at the University of Vienna . His special interest was already in the study of epigraphy, which was then represented in Vienna by Adolf Wilhelm . With Wilhelm Raubitschek undertook a one-year study trip to Athens (1934-1935), where he carried out his first archaeological and epigraphic field studies. He recorded inscriptions on the Acropolis in Athens and operated in the Austrian and German Archaeological Institute . After his return to Vienna Raubitschek wrote his dissertation with Johannes Mewaldt on the Latin poet Lucretius . The results of his dissertation, with which he in 1935 to Dr. med. phil. was published in 1938 in shallow form.

After completing his doctorate Raubitschek returned to Athens in 1937, where he lived as a scholarship holder of the Austrian Archaeological Institute. Together with Benjamin Dean Meritt he checked the inscriptions of the city of Athens for the Inscriptiones Graecae . At the American School of Classical Studies at Athens , he also met the scholarship holder Isabelle Kelly (1914-1988), whom he later married. After the end of his scholarship in 1938, he did not return to Vienna, but followed an invitation Merritts to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey . There he assisted Merritt in the processing of Greek inscriptions and married in 1941 Isabelle Kelly, with whom he had four children. His parents also emigrated to the US and settled in Princeton.

From 1942 to 1947 Raubitschek taught Latin and Greek at Yale University , from 1947 he was Associate Professor of Classics at Princeton University . In 1963 he went to Stanford University as Professor of Classics, where he was appointed in 1974 Sadie Denham Patek Professor of Humanities . He retired in 1978, but continued to work in teaching and research. Raubitschek was a visiting professor at various universities and maintained international contacts with numerous researchers. The German and the Austrian Archaeological Institute chose him as a corresponding member. On March 30, 1999, he received the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art .

Raubitschek's research covered wide areas of antiquity. His research focus was the history of Athens from archaic to late antiquity , to which he published numerous essays. The content of his epigraphic research was always the attempt to combine inscription and monument or building. His most important book is the 1949 published study of the dedications of the Acropolis of Athens .

From his will Raubitschek donated a professorship at Stanford University (Antony and Isabelle Raubitschek Professor in Classics ).