Hans-Georg Beck

Hans-Georg Beck
Born18 February 1910
Died25 May 1999(1999-05-25) (aged 89)
SpouseErni Hamann-Beck
Academic background
Alma materLudwig Maximilian University of Munich
ThesisVorsehung und Vorherbestimmung in der theologischen Literatur der Byzantiner (1936)
Doctoral advisorMartin Grabmann
Other advisorFranz Dölger
Academic work
DisciplineByzantine studies
Sub-disciplineByzantine literature, History of the Eastern Orthodox Church
InstitutionsLudwig Maximilian University of Munich (1949–1975)
Doctoral studentsVera von Falkenhausen
Peter Schreiner
Günter Prinzing
Ralph-Johannes Lilie
Notable worksKirche und theologische Literatur im Byzantinischen Reich (1959)
Geschichte der byzantinischen Volksliteratur (1971)
Das byzantinische Jahrtausend (1978)

Hans-Georg Beck FBA (18 February 1910 – 25 May 1999) was a German scholar who specialised in Byzantine studies. He held the chair of Byzantine studies and modern Greek language and literature at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich from 1960 to 1975, and was editor-in-chief of the Byzantinische Zeitschrift from 1964 to 1977.