Background
Schaller, Helmut Wilhelm was born on April 16, 1940 in Bayreuth, Germany. Son of Christoph and Margarete Pauline (Schmidt) Schaller.
Schaller, Helmut Wilhelm was born on April 16, 1940 in Bayreuth, Germany. Son of Christoph and Margarete Pauline (Schmidt) Schaller.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Munich, 1965. Habilitation Slavic philology, University Munich, 1972. Habilitation Balkan philology, University Munich, 1973.
Scientific assistant, lecturer, professor University Munich, 1972-1982. Professor University Marburg, Hesse, Germany, since 1983. Visiting professor University Saarland, 1974, University Regensburg, Bavaria, 1976-1977, University Provence, France, 1978, University Salzburg, Austria, 1978-1979.
Administrator Kleiner Balkansprachatlas, University Marburg.
Member S.L.E. European Linguistic Society (science council 1975), International Commission for History Slavic Studies, International Commission for Study Grammatical Structure of Slavic Languages (president), International Commission for Balkan Linguistics (president), Deutsch-Bulgarische Gesellschaft (president).
Married Edigne Rogl, July 30, 1974. Children: Peter, Anja.