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Georg Hüsing

1869 – 1930

Austrian university teacher

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Lived 1869 – 1930 (aged 61). Georg Hüsing was an Austrian university teacher, historian, germanist, orientalist and linguist.

Georg Hüsing (4 June 1869 – 1 September 1930) was an Austrian historian and philologist who specialized in Germanic studies and mythography.

Biography Georg Hüsing was born in Liegnitz, Kingdom of Prussia (now Legnica, Poland) on 4 June 1869. He studied ancient history, Indo-European, Semitic, Iranian and German at the universities of Breslau, Berlin and Königsberg. Upon receiving his Ph.D. at Königsberg, Hüsing worked as a private lecturer.

In 1912, Hüsing he joined the University of Vienna, first as a lecturer, and then as a professor, where he taught the history of ancient peoples in the Near East. At Vienna, Hüsing founded what is known as the Vienna School of Mythology. A prominent member of the German nationalist movement in Austria, Hüsing was the founder of the movement. He was a co-founder of the Orientalistischen Literatur-Zeitung and the Mythologischen Bibliothek. With Wolfgang Schultz, Hüsing founded Mitra. Monatsschrift für vergleichende Mythenforschung, which edited until 1920.

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Austrian university teacher

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Georg Hüsing was born on 4 June 1869 in Legnica.

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Georg Hüsing died on 1 September 1930 in Vienna.

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Georg Hüsing was a university teacher, historian, germanist, orientalist and linguist.

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Georg Hüsing was Austrian.

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· Wikipedia: Georg Hüsing

· Wikidata: Q29982435

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