Johann Hauler

Who was Johann Hauler?

Johann Hauler was an Austrian educator and classical philologist born in Oberrimsingen, a district of Breisach, Germany. He was the father of Edmund Hauler, a professor of classical philology at the University of Vienna.

He studied classical and Romance philology at the University of Bonn under Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl and Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker, then at the University of Freiburg with Theodor Bergk, and finally in Paris. After earning his doctorate in 1855 with the dissertation De Theocriti vita et carminibus, he taught ancient languages and French at the "German gymnasium" in Ofen.

In 1860 he relocated to Vienna as Oberlehrer at the Theresianum, then held the same position at the Akademischen Gymnasium. In 1877 he was appointed director of the Staatsgymnasiums Wien II. In 1880 he became a member of the Mitglied des Landesschulrats für Niederösterreich.

He was the author of Lateinisches Übungsbuch, published in 32 editions up until 1938. It was edited and processed by a number of scholars, including his son, Edmund Hauler. He died on August 9, 1888 in Trautmannsdorf an der Leitha. In 1934, Haulerstraße in Alsergrund was named in his honor.