Fritz Schachermeyr

Fritz Schachermeyr (1895-1986, also Schachermeyer) was an Austrian historian, professor at the University of Vienna from 1952 until retirement.

Schachermeyr was born in Linz, and studied in Graz, Berlin and Innsbruck. At Innsbruck, he was a reader in ancient history from 1928 to 1931. He acted as professor in Jena (1931), Heidelberg (1936) and Graz (1940). In 1952, he was called to Vienna University as professor of Greek history, ancient history and epigraphy.

Schachermeyr was a proponent of scientific racism during the Third Reich, advocating a "racial-biological view of world history" or "biology of history".

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