Paul Friedländer (philologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Paul Friedländer (philologist)

German classical philologist

Date of Birth: 21-Mar-1882

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 10-Dec-1968

Profession: university teacher, high school teacher, linguist, classical philologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Paul Friedländer (March 21, 1882, Berlin - December 10, 1968, Los Angeles) was a German philologist specializing in classical literature. He studied under Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff at the University of Berlin.
In 1911 he became a Privatdozent and from 1914 Associate Professor in Berlin, becoming a Professor at Marburg University (1920), University of Halle (1932).
In 1935, the Nazi regime forced him to resign and in 1938 he was detained in a concentration camp.
After his release, he came to the United States, where he taught first at and Johns Hopkins University (1939), as a lecturer and at UCLA (1940-1945 as a lecturer, 1945- as a professor).