Editing Karl Krumbacher (section)

== Life and career ==
Krumbacher was born at [[Wiggensbach|Kürnach im Allgäu]] in the [[Kingdom of Bavaria]]. He studied Classical Philology and [[Indo-European studies|Indo-European linguistics]] at the Universities of [[University of Munich|Munich]] and [[University of Leipzig|Leipzig]]. In 1879 he passed the State Exam (Staatsexamen) and was thereafter active as a school teacher until 1891. In 1883 he gain his doctorate (Promotion) and in 1885 his [[Habilitation]] in Medieval and Modern Greek philology. From 1897 he was professor of [[Medieval Greek|Medieval]] and [[modern Greek language|Modern Greek Language]] and Literature at the [[University of Munich]] and held the newly created Chair of Byzantine Studies,<ref>Prinzing (1999)</ref> the first professorial chair in this subject in the world. Krumbacher founded the ''[[Byzantinische Zeitschrift]]'' (1892), the oldest academic journal of Byzantine Studies, and the ''Byzantinisches Archiv'' (1898). His collaborator at the time was [[Božidar Prokić]], the renowned Belgrade Byzantinist. He died in [[Munich]] in 1909. His successor as Professor of Byzantine Studies was August Heisenberg, father of physicist [[Werner Heisenberg]].

His most important work is ''Geschichte der byzantinischen Litteratur von Justinian bis zum Ende des oströmischen Reiches (527-1453)'' (History of Byzantine Literature from [[Justinian I|Justinian]] to the Fall of the [[Byzantine Empire|East Roman Empire]]) in 1891. A second edition was published in 1897,<ref name="Krumbacher1897">{{cite book|author=Karl Krumbacher|title=Geschichte der byzantinischen Litteratur von Justinian bis zum Ende des Oströmischen Reiches (527-1453)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wKMFAAAAIAAJ|year=1897|publisher=Beck}}</ref> with the collaboration of [[Albert Ehrhard]] (section on [[theology]]) and [[Heinrich Gelzer]] (general sketch of Byzantine history, AD 395–1453). The value of the work was greatly enhanced by its lengthy bibliographies<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Krumbacher, Carl|volume=15|page=933}}</ref> and it remained a standard textbook for decades.

Krumbacher's extensive travels in Greece and the [[Ottoman Empire]] became the basis of his ''Griechische Reise'' (1886).<ref>K. Krumbacher, ''Griechische Reise. Blätter aus dem Tagebuche einer Reise in Griechenland und in der Türkei'' (Hettler; Berlin 1886)</ref> His notable works include studies of the poetry of [[Michael Glykas]] (1894)<ref>K. Krumbacher, 'Michael Glykas. Eine Skizze seiner Biographie und seiner litterarischen Thätigkeit nebst einem unedierten Gedichte und Briefe desselben', ''Sitzungsberichte der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Philologische und Historische Klasse'' 3 (1894) 392-460</ref> and [[Kassia]] (1897)<ref>K. Krumbacher, 'Kasia', ''Sitzungsberichte der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Philologische und Historische Klasse'' 7 (1897) 305-369</ref> and ''Populäre Aufsätze'' (1900). In ''Das Problem der neugriechischen Schriftsprache'' (1902) he strongly opposed the efforts of the [[Katharevousa]] purists to introduce the classical style into modern Greek language and literature.<ref name="EB1911"/> A full list of his works was published in the memorial edition of ''Byzantinische Zeitschrift''.<ref>''Byzantinische Zeitschrift'' 19 (1910) 700–708</ref>