Oswald Redlich


Oswald Redlich was an Austrian historian and archivist, known for contributions made in the field of auxiliary sciences of history.

Biography

He studied history under Julius von Ficker at the University of Innsbruck, then studied historical auxiliary sciences with Theodor von Sickel at the Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung in Vienna. From 1881 to 1892 he worked as an archivist in Innsbruck, and in the meantime, obtained his habilitation for historical auxiliary sciences. 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 Austrian Academy of Sciences, 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.

Selected works