Career
He is most notable for his crucial contributions to Byzantine diplomatics, and as the chief editor of the journal Byzantinische Zeitschrift from 1931 to 1963. In 1962, he was awarded the Order.
historian medievalist university professor
He is most notable for his crucial contributions to Byzantine diplomatics, and as the chief editor of the journal Byzantinische Zeitschrift from 1931 to 1963. In 1962, he was awarded the Order.
German Academy of Sciences at Berlin. Austrian Academy of Sciences. Sturmabteilung; Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities]
A member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, he received honorary doctorates from the universities of Athens, Thessaloniki and Sofia.