Willy Theiler

Willy Theiler FBA
Born	Max Wilhelm Theiler (1899-10-24)24 October 1899 Adliswil, Switzerland
Died	26 February 1977(1977-02-26) (aged 77) Bern, Switzerland
Academic background
Education	University of Basel
Academic work
Institutions	Kiel University University of Königsberg University of Bern
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Max Wilhelm Theiler (24 October 1899 – 26 February 1977) was a Swiss classical philologist who specialized in ancient philosophy.

Born in Adliswil, Theiler was the son of Gottfried Theiler and d'Emma Weidmann. He was educated at the universities of Zurich, Basel, Göttingen, and Berlin. He obtained his doctorate from Basel in 1924, He was appointed Privatdozent in 1927, extraordinary professor at Kiel University in 1930, ordinary professor at Königsberg University in 1932, extraordinary (1944), then ordinary professor (1947–1968) of philology at Bern. He died in Bern.

Theiler was elected a corresponding fellow of the British Academy in 1965.

Further reading

• Gelzer, Thomas (1978). "Willy Theiler†". Gnomon (in German). 50 (5): 502–506. ISSN 0017-1417. JSTOR 27687013.