Friedrich Wilhelm von Bissing (22 April 1873,

Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream o ...

– 12 January 1956, Oberaudorf am Inn) was a German

Egyptologist Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , '' -logia''; ar, علم المصريات) is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religiou ...

. He was the son of Prussian general Moritz Ferdinand von Bissing (1844–1917). He studied

classical philology Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landsca ...

, Egyptology and

art history Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

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and

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, obtaining his doctorate in 1896 with the thesis "''De tabula quam dicunt statistica Tuthmosis III commentatio''". After graduation, he spent considerable time in

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

, performing museum and excavatory work. He was instrumental towards the development of the "General catalog" of the

Cairo Museum The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum or the Cairo Museum, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display ...

(''Catalogue général des antiquités Egyptiennes du Musée du Caire''),Große Bayerische Biographische Enzyklopädie
by de Gruyter SaurTreccani.t
biographical information and with

Ludwig Borchardt Ludwig may refer to: People and fictional characters * Ludwig (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Ludwig (surname), including a list of people * Ludwig Ahgren, or simply Ludwig, American YouTube live streamer and ...

, conducted an archaeological excavation of the Sun Temple of

Nyuserre Ini Nyuserre Ini (also Niuserre Ini or Neuserre Ini; in Greek known as Rathurês, ''Ῥαθούρης'') was an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the sixth ruler of the Fifth Dynasty during the Old Kingdom period. He is credited with a reign of 24 to 35 ye ...

Abu Gurab Abu Gorab (Arabic: أبو غراب , also known as Abu Gurab, Abu Ghurab) is a locality in Egypt situated south of Cairo, between Saqqarah and Al-Jīzah, about north of Abusir, on the edge of the desert plateau on the western bank of the Nile. ...

. In 1900 he received his habilitation at the

University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...

, where he later attained the posts of associate professor (1905) and full professor (1906). From 1922 until his retirement in 1926, he served as a professor at the

University of Utrecht Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...

. For the last 30 years of his life he worked as a private scholar in the town of Oberaudorf am Inn.

Selected works

* ''Das Re-heiligtum des Königs Ne-woser-re (Rathures)'', 1905 (with Ludwig Borchardt). * ''Denkmäler ägyptischer Skulptur'', 1911. * ''Die Kultur des alten Ägyptens'', 1913. * ''Agyptische Kultbilder der Ptolomaier- und Römerzeit'', 1936.WorldCat Search
published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bissing, Friedrich Wilhelm von 1873 births 1956 deaths People from Potsdam Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Academic staff of Utrecht University German Egyptologists German male non-fiction writers Archaeologists from Brandenburg Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities