Emil Utitz
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Emil Utitz (27 May 1883 – 2 November 1956) was a Czech philosopher and psychologist of Jewish descent. He was educated in Prague, where he was a classmate of Franz Kafka. After studies in Munich, Leipzig, and Prague, he became a professor in Rostock, and from 1925 was Chair of Philosophy at the University of Halle-Wittenberg. After his forced retirement in 1933, he became a professor in Prague. In 1942, he was deported to Theresienstadt Ghetto, where he was head of the library. After the liberation of Theresienstadt in 1945, he returned to Prague. Utitz died in Jena in 1956, while travelling through East Germany to give lectures.
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Born | (1883-05-18)18 May 1883 |
Died | 2 November 1956(1956-11-02) (aged 73) |
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Alma mater | Charles University |
Thesis | Wilhelm Heinse und die Ästhetik zur Zeit der deutschen Aufklärung (1906) |
Doctoral advisor | Christian von Ehrenfels |
Influences | Franz Brentano |
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Doctoral students | Hermann Boeschenstein |
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