Background
Wachter, Rudolf was born on November 29, 1954 in Winterthur, Switzerland. Son of Hans-Ulrich Wachter and Hedwig Wachter-Gut.
(The inscriptions on non-Attic vases are an extremely impo...)
The inscriptions on non-Attic vases are an extremely important source for knowledge of ancient Greek, in particular colloquial language. Painted or incised before firing, this corpus of material cannot be held suspect as possible later additions. Wachter provides a detailed catalogue of the inscriptions together with an epigraphical and linguistic analysis and commentary.
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literature and language professor
Wachter, Rudolf was born on November 29, 1954 in Winterthur, Switzerland. Son of Hans-Ulrich Wachter and Hedwig Wachter-Gut.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Zurich, Switzerland, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy, University Oxford, Oxford, England, 1991. Privatdozent, University Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 1996.
Assistant University, Zurich, Switzerland, 1982—1987. Research fellow Swiss National Science Foundation, 1987—1990. Lecturer, guest professor University, Fribourg, Switzerland, 1990—2006, lecturer, professor Basel, Switzerland, since 1991, guest professor Heidelberg, Germany, 2001—2002, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2005—2006, professor, since 2006.
Project leader Latinum electronicum (Swiss Virtual Campus), since 2000, Attic Vase Inscriptions, since 2003.
(Die altlateinischen Inschriften sind in ihrer Eigenschaft...)
(The inscriptions on non-Attic vases are an extremely impo...)
Married Catherine Claire Trümpy, 1991. 1 child Barbara Rosina.