1. Johannes Stroux was a German classicist, scholar of Roman law and organizer of scientific projects and organizations.
10 Facts About Johannes Stroux
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Johannes Stroux replaced his predecessor Eduard Spranger as acting rector in October 1945, when control of the university was shifted from the municipal administration of Berlin to the newly created East-German educational administration, which was itself controlled by the Soviet Military Administration in Germany.
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January 1945 Johannes Stroux reopened the Berlin university, which was closed because of war damages on buildings, necessary reorganizations and denazification, which was demanded be the Allies.
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From 1945 to 1951 Johannes Stroux was president of the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin.
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In different positions Johannes Stroux was a part of the international long-term project Thesaurus Linguae Latinae, the most comprehensive dictionary of the Latin language as well as other similar projects.
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From 1934 to 1949 Johannes Stroux was president of the commission of the German academies for the TLL.
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Johannes Stroux became 1939 representative of the German academies for the Union Academique Internationale and was in same year elected as vicepresident of the UAI.
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Johannes Stroux published scientific works in the field of Latin language and literature, Roman law, papyrology and epigraphy.
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In 1950 Johannes Stroux was awarded the National Prize of East Germany.
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Johannes Stroux was elected as member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities and 1930 elected as corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute, the Academia dei Lincei in Rome and the Kungl.