Richard Rudolf Walzer

Richard Rudolf Walzer, FBA (14 July 1900 in Berlin – 16 April 1975 in 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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