Alfred Ebenbauer was an Austrian philologist who specialized in Germanic studies.
15 Facts About Alfred Ebenbauer
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Alfred Ebenbauer was born in Sankt Michael in Obersteiermark, Austria on 13 October 1945.
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Alfred Ebenbauer was the first of five children of an agrarian.
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Alfred Ebenbauer completed his matura with distinction at Judenburg, and subsequently studied German literature and German history at the University of Vienna.
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Alfred Ebenbauer graduated Sub auspiciis Praesidentis in 1970 with a thesis on Old Norse literature.
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From 1970 to 1978, Ebenbauer was a university assistant and lecturer at the Institute for Germanic Studies at the University of Vienna.
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Alfred Ebenbauer completed his habilitation in early Germanic languages and literature at Vienna in 1978.
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Alfred Ebenbauer subsequently lectured at the universities of Innsbruck and Heidelberg.
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In 1980, Alfred Ebenbauer was appointed Professor of Old German and Germanic Philology at the University of Heidelberg.
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Since 1981, Alfred Ebenbauer was Chair of Old German Language and Literature at the University of Vienna.
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At Vienna, Alfred Ebenbauer served as Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, and Rector.
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Alfred Ebenbauer was involved in many scholarly societies, and played an instrumental role in integrating the University of Vienna with the Erasmus Programme and the Socrates programme.
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From 2000 to 2006, Alfred Ebenbauer was President of the Osterreichische Austauschdienst-Gesellschaft.
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Alfred Ebenbauer played a significant role in shaping the modern university system of Austria.
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Alfred Ebenbauer was buried in an honorary grave at the Stammersdorfer Zentralfriedhof in Vienna.