Bernhard Schweitzer (3 October 1892, in

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– 16 July 1966, in

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) was a German classical archeologist.

Life

From 1911-1917, he studied classical archaeology and philology in Heidelberg and Berlin. He received his doctorate in 1917 in Heidelberg under Friedrich von Duhn with a thesis on "Studies on the chronology of the geometric styles in Greece I". In 1921, Bernhard Schweitzer studied in Heidelberg and in 1925 became a professor. He succeeded

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. In November 1933, he was one of the signers of the at German universities and colleges to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist state. Schweitzer was not a member of the

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, but only joined its affiliated social welfare organization, the

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(Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt), in 1937.Helga A. Welsh: Entnazifizierung und Wiedereröffnung der Universität Leipzig 1945-1946. Ein Bericht des damaligen Rektors Professor Bernhard Schweitzer, In: Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, Jahrgang 33, 1985, Heft 2, S. 339-372: hier S. 339 In 1945, he became the first rector of the

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to the end of the war. In 1948, he was the successor of

Carl Watzinger Carl Watzinger (9 June 1877 in Darmstadt – 8 December 1948 in Tübingen) was a German archaeologist, who with Ernst Sellin, worked on uncovering the site of the ancient city of Jericho (1907–09), and earlier, with Heinrich Kohl (1877–1914), c ...

, where he retired in 1960.

Writings

* ''Herakles. Aufsätze zur griechischen Religions- und Sagengeschichte'' (Tübingen 1922) * ''Der bildende Künstler und der Begriff des Künstlerischen in der Antike'' (Heidelberg 1925) * ''Xenokrates von Athen. Beiträge zur Geschichte der antiken Kunstforschung und Kunstanschauung'' (Königsberg 1932) * ''Studien zur Entstehung des Porträts bei den Griechen'' (Leipzig 1940) * ''Das Menschenbild der griechischen Plastik'' (Potsdam 1944) * ''Die Bildniskunst der römischen Republik'' (Leipzig 1948) * ''Die geometrische Kunst Griechenlands. Frühe Formenwelt im Zeitalter Homers'' (Köln 1969) * ''Zur Kunst der Antike I-II. Ausgewählte Schriften'' (Tübingen 1963)

Literature

* Werner Fuchs: ''Bernhard Schweitzer 1892–1966.'' In: Reinhard Lullies/ Wolfgang Schiering (Hrsg.) ''Archäologenbildnisse. Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassischen Archäologen deutscher Sprache.'' von Zabern, Mainz 1988, S. 258–259, . * Ulrich Hausmann: ''Bernhard Schweitzer †.'' In: ''

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'' 38 (1966), S. 844–847. * Stefanie Müller
Schweitzer, Bernhard
''Wer war wer in der DDR?'' 5. Ausgabe. Band 2, Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, . * * Helga A. Welsh: ''Entnazifizierung und Wiedereröffnung der Universität Leipzig 1945-1946. Ein Bericht des damaligen Rektors Professor Bernhard Schweitzer'', In: Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, Jahrgang 33, 1985, Heft 2, S. 339-372.
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References

External links

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Schweitzer auf der Webseite des Instituts für klassische Archäologie der Universität Leipzig

Bernhard Schweitzer
im Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig {{DEFAULTSORT:Schweitzer, Bernhard 1892 births 1966 deaths Academic staff of the University of Königsberg Academic staff of the University of Tübingen Classical archaeologists Members of the Prussian Academy of Sciences People from Wesel