| Code | DS/UK/2285 |
| Dates | 1903-1979 |
| Person Name | Cassirer; Heinrich (Heinz) Walter (1903-1979); Dr. phil. |
| Surname | Cassirer |
| Forenames | Heinrich (Heinz) Walter |
| Title | Dr. phil. |
| Relationships | Husband (m. 1928) to Eva Feit, who died in 1959; husband (m. 1958) to Florence Olive Corkey (1910-1995); father to (?) |
| History | Lived in Berlin as a child until Ernst Cassirer was offered the position at Hamburg (in 1919); attended Odenwald School, where he also met his later first wife Eva Feith (c. 1918-c.1921); studied classical languages at Heidelberg (1922-1926[?]); awarded PhD (1929); offered Habilitation (a post-doctoral qualification) in Zurich with Ernst Howald (1933); Swiss rules changed for foreign students so he could no longer complete Habitation in Zurich as planned (1933); travelled to Oxford with family, where his father (Ernst) was in post (1934); elected as an honorary member of Oxford Philological Society (1934); elected to fellowship at University of Glasgow (1934), in which Saxl played a key role; considers position in US but declines later in the year (1934); received two years' research grant at Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1938-1940); interned on Isle of Man (1940); continued with renewed Corpus Christi position, not without difficulties along the way (1941-1945); suggestion of mental health difficulties (in Paton's words, "[Heinz] suffers at times from moods and makes it rather difficult for his friends to help him"; gained British citizenship through naturalisation (1946); became Lecturer in Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow (1946-c.1950s-1960s); left academic life but continued to study; several works published posthumously. |
| Source | 'Hine's Cassirer', a University of Sheffield site dedicated to the legacy of Heinrich (Heinz) Walter Cassirer, maintained by I. Hine. (c) 2020, 2021 [DoA 06/08/2025]
SPSL 313/4 f.560. |
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