Oswald Redlich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Oswald Redlich

Austrian medievalist and archivist

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1858

Place of Birth: Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria

Date of Death: 20-Jan-1944

Profession: archivist, university teacher, medievalist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Oswald Redlich (17 September 1858, in Innsbruck – 20 January 1944, in Vienna) was an Austrian historian and archivist, known for contributions made in the field of auxiliary sciences of history.He studied history under Julius von Ficker at the University of Innsbruck (1876–79), then studied historical auxiliary sciences with Theodor von Sickel at the Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung (Institute for Austrian Historical Research) in Vienna (1879–81).
From 1881 to 1892 he worked as an archivist in Innsbruck, and in the meantime, obtained his habilitation for historical auxiliary sciences (1887).
In 1893 he became an associate professor, and four years later was named a full professor of history and historical auxiliary sciences at the University of Vienna.
In 1911/12 he served as university rector.In 1899 he became a member of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna, serving as its president from 1919 to 1938.
From 1926 onward, he was head of the Institute for Austrian Historical Research.
He was also a member of the central management of Monumenta Germaniae Historica and of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.On 17 Sept 1958 a commemorative stamp honoring the 100th anniversary of his birth was issued in Austria.