Richard Rudolf Walzer

Richard Rudolf Walzer, FBA (14 July 1900 in Berlin – 16 April 1975 in Oxford) was a German-born British scholar of Greek philosophy and of Arabic philosophy.

Education: Werner-Siemens-Realgymnasium, Berlin-Schöneberg; Frederick William University of Berlin.

Career Assistant (1927), Privatdocent in Classics (1932), Frederick William University of Berlin, 1927–1933 Lecturer in Greek Philosophy, University of Rome, 1933–1938 Lecturer in Mediaeval Philosophy (Arabic and Hebrew) (1942), Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Greek Philosophy (1950), Oriel College, Oxford, 1942–1962 Honorary Professor, University of Hamburg, 1952 Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1953–1954 Fellow, Reader in Arabic and Greek Philosophy St Catherine's College, Oxford, 1962–1970 He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1956.

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