Otto Cuntz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Otto Cuntz

German historian

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1865

Place of Birth: Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Date of Death: 01-Dec-1932

Profession: historian, geographer, university teacher

Nationality: Austria, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Otto Cuntz (10 September 1865, Stettin – 1 December 1932, Graz) was a German-Austrian classical historian, who specialized in ancient geography and topography. He studied at the universities of Zurich, Strasbourg and Bonn, where his instructors were Heinrich Nissen, Franz Bücheler and Hermann Usener.
After graduation in 1888, he continued his education in Berlin as a student of Otto Hirschfeld and Reinhard Kekulé von Stradonitz.
In 1892 he took an extended study trip to Italy, Greece, Spain and France, then in 1894 obtained his habilitation at the University of Strasbourg.
In 1898 he became an associate professor, and six years later was appointed a full professor of Roman history at the University of Graz.
In 1920 he became a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.