Otto Gschwantler

Otto Gschwantler
Gschwantler on his sixtieth birthday
Born	(1930-04-13)April 13, 1930 Tyrol, Austria
Died	October 31, 2016(2016-10-31) (aged 86) Vienna, Austria
Awards	Sub auspiciis Praesidentis Knight's Cross of the Order of the Falcon
Academic background
Alma mater	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich University of Vienna
Academic advisors	Otto Höfler
Academic work
Discipline	Philology
Sub-discipline	Germanic philology
Institutions	University of Vienna
Notable students	Rudolf Simek
Main interests	Early Germanic literature

Otto Gschwantler (13 April 1930 – 31 October 2016) was an Austrian philologist who was head of the Institute for Germanic Studies at the University of Vienna. He specialized in the study of early Germanic literature.