Werner Betz | |
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Born | Frankfurt, Germany | 1 September 1912
Died | 13 July 1980 Munich, Germany | (aged 67)
Nationality | German |
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Academic advisors | Theodor Frings |
Influences | Georges Dumézil |
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Werner August Josef Betz (1 September 1912 – 13 July 1980) was a German philologist who was Chair of German and Nordic Philology at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
Werner Betz was born in Frankfurt, Germany on 1 September 1912. He gained a PhD in 1936 with a dissertation on Latin influence on Germanic. From 1937 to 1940, with a grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Betz was a research assistant of Theodor Frings. He served in the Kriegsmarine during World War II. After the war, Betz became Chair of German and Nordic Philology at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He died in Munich on 13 July 1980.
Betz was considered an expert on Germanic Antiquity. His writings on Germanic mythology were influenced by the theories of Georges Dumézil.[1]