Josef Neuwirth
Biography. From 1875 to 1878, he studied history, classical philology, art history and archaeology at the German University in Prague. In 1882 he obtained his doctorate in art history, becoming an associate professor at Prague in 1894. In 1897 he attained a full professorship, relocating to Vienna two years later, where he was a professor of art history with special attention to architecture at the Vienna University of Technology. In 1903–05 he was university rector and in 1920–25, he served as dean to the faculty of architecture. He was chairman of the "Vereins für Geschichte der Stadt Wien