Ottmar Bühler

Ottmar Bühler (12 August 1884 – 27 May 1965) was a German Law professor specialising in tax law.

Life Ottmar Bühler was born in Zurich. His father was a professor of Forestry at the University of Tübingen. Despite him being born in Switzerland, Bühler's father had been born in Württemberg, and it was in Tübingen that he grew up and attended school (Gymnasium). His subsequent period as a student of Jurisprudence was at the University of Tübingen, the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich), and the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin. Two years later, in 1913, he gained his habilitation (higher academic qualification) from the University of Breslau (as Wrocław was then known). His dissertation was entitled (applying a loose translation), "Subjective public law and its protection in the administrative jurisdiction" He also received his "public law" teaching certificate at this time. He died in Munich on 27 May 1965, shortly after visiting London for a final research trip. Winfried Bühler (1929 - 2010), their son, became a professor of classical philology.