FOLIO I · DENKER
Born in 1885 in Vienna, a native Viennese with Jewish roots.
After primary school and Gymnasium in Vienna, he studied at the Faculty of Law and Political Science of the University of Vienna under Eugen Böhm von Bawerk and Friedrich von Wieser.[1]
In 1909 he received his doctorate in law in his home town of Vienna.
Published the article "Die moderne Tendenz in der Lehre vom Geldwert" (The Modern Tendency in the Theory of the Value of Money) in 1910.
Worked at the Wiener Kaufmannschaft (Vienna Merchants' Association) and, on the side, devoted himself to Böhm-Bawerk's theory of interest.
After court practice at the Vienna Regional Court and work as an assistant at the University of Vienna, secretary of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce from 1913.[1]
A soldier in the First World War from 1914 to 1918.[1]
From 1921 to 1925 he was editor of the Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Sozialpolitik.
As editor, he published Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk's "Gesammelte Schriften" (Collected Writings; 1924–1926) at Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky in Vienna and Leipzig, with a biographical introduction.[2]
He completed his Habilitation in 1926 at the University of Vienna with a work on roundabout methods of production and capital interest (an extension of the critique of Ricardo).[1]
Appointed in 1926 to the chair of political economy at the German Technical University in Prague.
Moved in 1930 to the German University in Prague, to the chair of political economy and public finance.[1]
Served in 1933/34 as Dean of the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the German University in Prague.[1]
In February 1939 he received paid leave and fled with his family to Great Britain, even before the destruction of what remained of Czechoslovakia.[1]
After his doctorate he devoted himself, on the side, to Böhm-Bawerk's theory of interest, edited the shorter writings of the revered Böhm-Bawerk, and in his Habilitation thesis renewed and broadened the critique of David Ricardo.[2]
Studied at the Faculty of Law and Political Science of the University of Vienna under Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk and Friedrich von Wieser.[1]
In his Habilitation thesis he renewed and expanded the critique of David Ricardo, which helped him obtain an appointment to the German Technical University in Prague.
Franz Xaver Weiss in the context of the School as a whole — five generations, their teacher-student lineages, circles and collegial ties.
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