His masterpiece is a "Geschichte Oesterreichs" in five volumes (1885-96), brought down to 1648, and considered an authority on the subject. This was followed by a supplement published in 1889. He then worked on the "Regesta" of Charles IV, which appeared between 18 with a learned introduction on the imperial diplomacy of the later Middle Ages. Huber accepted the task and finished the fourth volume of the "Fontes rerum Germanicarum", containing the most important records of the fourteenth century. After the death of Böhmer, the first publisher of the German imperial "Regesta", who had provided Huber with the means of making several scientific journeys, Ficker, on whom had fallen the responsibility of completing Böhmer's work, called upon his former pupil to co-operate with him. For the celebration of the five-hundredth anniversary of the union of Austria and the Tyrol, he wrote, in 1864, "Geschichte der Vereinigung Tirols mit Oesterreich" and, as a sequel, "Geschichte Herzogs Rudolf IV. His earliest writings, "Ueber die Entstehungszeit der österreichischen Freiheitsbriefe" (Vienna, 1860) and "Die Waldstädte Uri, Schwyz und Unterwalden bis zur festen Begründung ihrer Eidgenossenschaft" (Innsbruck, 1861), deal with territorial history.
He was a man of sobriety an enemy of claptrap in politics a liberal, but deeply religious. His training was shown not only in his writing, but in his life. He had also acquired a comprehensive knowledge of diplomatics. Under Ficker he had learned critical accuracy, purity of style, and the importance of strictly impartial investigation.
FRANZ JOSEPH HUBER FULL
In 1859 he was appointed lecturer on history at Innsbruck, became professor in 1863, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences in 1867, full member in 1872, and in 1887 professor at the University of Vienna, succeeding Ottokar Lorenz. While still very young he had become deeply interested in that branch of learning through the perusal of Annegarn's "Weltgeschichte".
After finishing the humanities at the colleges of Hall and Innsbruck, he studied history under Ficker at the University of Vienna. An historian born 14 October, 1834, at Fügen, Zillerthal (Tyrol) died 23 November, 1898, at Vienna.
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