Richard Rudolf Walzer

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

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

[edit] 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.