Herwig Wolfram

Herwig Wolfram
Born	(1934-02-14) 14 February 1934 (age 90) Vienna, Austria
Academic background
Education	University of Vienna (PhD, 1957; Dr. habil., 1966)
Influences	Reinhard Wenskus
Academic work
Discipline	Medieval history
School or tradition	Vienna School
Institutions	University of Vienna Institute of Austrian Historical Research [de]
Doctoral students	Walter Pohl Roland Steinacher
Notable works	History of the Goths (1988) The Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples (1997)
Notable ideas	Ethnogenesis Traditionskern
Influenced	Patrick J. Geary Ian N. Wood

Herwig Wolfram (born 14 February 1934) is an Austrian historian who is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History and Auxiliary Sciences of History at the University of Vienna and the former Director of the Institute of Austrian Historical Research [de]. He is a leading member of the Vienna School of History, and internationally known for his authoritative works on the history of Austria, the Goths, and relationships between the Germanic peoples and the Roman Empire.