Saria, Balduin, 1893-1974

Balduin Saria (born 5 June 1893 in Ptuj (Pettau in German), Lower Styria, died 3 June 1974 in Graz, Austria) was a classical historian, archeologist, epigraphist and numismatist. After receiving his doctorate in the field of prehistory and classical archaeology from the University of Vienna in 1921 he was employed as a librarian in the university's Archaeological-Epigraphic Seminar. In 1922 he moved to Belgrade, as the head of the Prehistoric, Roman and Numismatic Department in the Yugoslavian National Museum. In 1926 he started to teach prehistory, classical archeology and numismatics at the University of Ljubljana. After Italy occupied the southern part of Slovenia including Ljubljana in 1941, Saria moved to Styria, to teach Roman antiquity and epigraphy at the University of Graz. His academic career came to an abrupt end in 1945; he was forced into early retirement.