Wolf Liebeschuetz


John Hugo Wolfgang Gideon Liebeschuetz is a British historian who specializes in the history of Roman religion.

Biography

Wolf Liebeschuetz was born in Hamburg on 22 June 1927, the son of historian Hans Liebeschuetz and physician Rahel Plaut. His family was Jewish, and they fled Nazi Germany for the United Kingdom in December 1938. Liebeschuetz graduated with a degree in history from the University College London in 1951. He worked as a research assistant at the University of Leicester since 1963. In 1979 he was appointed Professor and Head of the Institute for Classical and Archaeological Studies at the University of Nottingham. He retired from this position in 1992, becoming a member of the British Academy. Liebeschuetz specialized in the study of Roman religion.

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