Heinrich Fichtenau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Heinrich Fichtenau

Austrian historian

Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1912

Place of Birth: Linz, Upper Austria, Austria

Date of Death: 15-Jun-2000

Profession: historian, university teacher, medievalist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Heinrich von Fichtenau (December 10, 1912 – June 15, 2000) was an Austrian medievalist best known for his studies of medieval diplomatics, social, and intellectual history.
He spent his academic career at the University of Vienna and from 1962 to 1983 served as director of the Institut für österreichische Geschichtsforschung (Institute for Austrian Historical Research).
Many of Fichtenau's books were translated into English and he remains one of the few Austrian medievalists of the postwar period whose work has enjoyed a broad and influential reception in Anglophone scholarship.