FOLIO I · DENKER
Born on 31 January 1896 in Poppitz near Znaim, in present-day Moravia.
Scholarship at the University of Gothenburg.[1]
Completed his studies in German philology, Scandinavian studies and history in Vienna as a Dr. phil.
Additional doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.).
Rockefeller Fellowship for postgraduate studies in the USA and England.
Shortly after returning from the fellowship, Mahr completed his Habilitation in 1930.
Research assistant to Hans Mayer at the University of Vienna.[1]
After 1938 Mahr remained in Austria and, until he succeeded to the chair, worked at the Central Statistical Office (Statistisches Zentralamt).
Succeeded to Hans Mayer's chair at the University of Vienna. As a representative of the Austrian School, Mahr sought a compromise with mathematical economics and the Keynesian paradigm.
Chairman of the Nationalökonomische Gesellschaft (the Austrian Economic Association) in Vienna.[1]
Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, First Class.[1]
Appointment as Honorary Senator of the University of Vienna and award of the Gold Medal of the City of Vienna.[1]
Died on 14 April 1972 in Vienna.
Mahr was a student of Hans Mayer, from 1930 his research assistant at the University of Vienna, and in 1950 took over his chair as his successor.
Alexander Mahr in the context of the School as a whole — five generations, their teacher-student lineages, circles and collegial ties.
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