Weller, F.
| English Phonetics | Friedrich Weller |
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| Sort Name | Weller, Friedrich |
| Birth: | 1889/07/22 |
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| Death: | 1980/11/19 |
| Place of birth: | Markneukirchen, Germany |
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PhD University
- University of Leipzig
Education
PhD in Indology, University of Leipzig, 1922
Biographical Information
Friedrich Weller (born July 22, 1889 in Markneukirchen, † November 19, 1980 in Leipzig) was a German philologist and Indologist. After graduating from high school, Friedrich Weller devoted himself to studying philology at the University of Leipzig before starting his work on Zum Lalita in 1915. . . .
After completing his habilitation in Indology at the University of Leipzig in 1922, he was appointed private lecturer in Chinese and East Asian religious history at the Philological and Historical Department of the Faculty of Philosophy, which he completed until 1928. Immediately thereafter, Weller received the unscheduled professorship for Sanskrit , Chinese and East Asian religious history, before he took over the chair for Indian philology in 1938, which he held until his retirement in 1958. In 1933 he signed the professors' declaration of Adolf Hitler at German universities and colleges.
Weller was a full member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences from 1943 to 1980. In 1955 he was awarded the GDR's second class national prize for science and technology. In recognition of his services in the field of Indology, the Friedrich Weller Prize, endowed with 2500 euros, was launched in 1985. (Source Accessed Mar 10, 2021)
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