Background
Schachermeyr was born in Linz, and studied in Graz, Berlin and Innsbruck.
archaeologist philologist art historian university professor
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 (). 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".
Austrian Academy of Sciences. Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities]
1957: Full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Corresponding member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences.