Heinrich Gomperz

Born:	01-18-1873
Faculty:	Philosophical School
Category:	Expelled teacher

Heinrich GOMPERZ (born on January 18th, 1873 in Vienna, died on December 27th, 1942 in Los Angeles) was o. Prof. for Philosophie at the Philosophical School of the University of Vienna since 1924.
In 1934 he was forced into retirement by the Austrofascist Regime for political reasons. In the following year he emigrated to the USA, where he worked as a visiting professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles until his death. The University of Vienna continued stating him as a "temporary retired professor".
In times of Nazism he was persecuted as a Jew and was finally thrown out of the university in 1939.