Richard Rudolf Walzer

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Name Richard Walzer
Died April 16, 1975, Oxford, United Kingdom Books Greek Into Arabic: Essays on Islamic Philosophy

Richard Rudolf Walzer, FBA (14 July 1900, Berlin – 16 April 1975, Oxford) was a German-born British expert on Greek philosophy.

Education: Werner-Siemens-Realgymnasium, Berlin-Schöneberg; Frederick William University of Berlin.

Career

Assistant (1927), Privatdocent in Classics (1932), Frederick William University of Berlin, 1927–1933

Lecturer in Greek Philosophy, University of Rome, 1933–1938

Lecturer in Mediaeval Philosophy (Arabic and Hebrew) (1942), Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Greek Philosophy (1950), Oriel College, Oxford, 1942–1962

Honorary Professor, University of Hamburg, 1952

Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, 1953–1954

Fellow, Reader in Arabic and Greek Philosophy St Catherine's College, Oxford, 1962–1970

He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1956.

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