Name	Engel-Janosi, Friedrich
Alternative Names
ID	646
Gender	male
Lifespan	1893-02-18 - 1978-03-07
Professions	historian (Q201788)

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Uri(s)	https://id.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/ica/persons/2_20 https://ica.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/apis/api2/entity/646/ https://d-nb.info/gnd/118684752
Notes	The Austrian historian Friedrich Engel-Janosi was very active in Viennese intellectual circles in the interwar years, attending discussion circles with Alfred F. Pribram, Oskar Morgenstern, Alfred Schütz and Eric Voegelin. His singular combination of archival research and the initiation of major editions as well as his inquiry into crucial theoretical issues of the historical discipline, the history of political ideas and the philosophy of historiography were crucial at the time. His intensive work with sources reflects historical periods from the Renaissance to the twentieth century, with a focus on Austria-Hungary. Engel-Janosi contributed importantly as a dedicated teacher, to whom many historians owe a debt of gratitude . He encouraged and inspired many of them as a mentor. He also faced disappointments as a distinguished scholar confronted with provincialism as his full academic reinstatement in Austria was held up by various bureaucratic hurdles. He was a prolific scholar in the field of Austrian history of the 19th century with a large number of significant editions of documents but also with major publications on historical scholarship generally and the philosophical implications of historiography.
References	Cf. Heindl & Nagl-Docekal, "...aber ein stolzer Bettler" in Return from Exile, 271-286; see also Fellner, "Lebensbild", 1963, 307-22 and Stourzh, Gerald. „Friedrich Engel-Janosi. Nachruf.“ Almanach der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 128. Jg. (1978). Wien: 1979. 357-69.