Georg Hans Bhawani Luck | |
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| Born | February 17, 1926 Bern, Switzerland |
| Died | February 17, 2013 (aged 87) |
| Occupation | Classical scholar |
Georg Hans Bhawani Luck (February 17, 1926 – February 17, 2013)[1] was a Swiss classicist known for his studies of magical beliefs and practices in the Classical world.[2][3] For over twenty years he was a professor at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.[2]
In a scholarly debate in the late 1980s concerning methodology in the classics, Luck was a leader on the side of traditional rigorous scholarly methods and against what he viewed as unfounded speculation based on multiculturalism.[4][5]
- ^ Obituary for Georg Hans Luck, Ph.D., Peaceful Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Center, retrieved 2013-02-24.
- ^ a b Rasmussen, Frederick N. (February 19, 2013), "Georg H.B. Luck, Hopkins professor: Classics professor wrote widely about the role of witchcraft and magic in ancient theology", The Baltimore Sun, archived from the original on February 26, 2013.
- ^ Seiden, Matt (March 21, 1983), "That old black magic is no secret to this professor", The Baltimore Sun.
- ^ Lewis, Paul (March 7, 1998), "Not to Bury Homer but to Update Him", The New York Times.
- ^ Culham, Phyllis (1989), Classics: A Discipline and Profession in Crisis?, University Press of America, p. ix, ISBN 9780819174505.