Hans Seger (August 28, 1864 in

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– August 15, 1943 in Breslau) was a German

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Life

Hans Seger studied Classical Archeology and

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in Breslau with August Rossbach, Robert Vischer, and

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and in Munich with Heinrich von Brunn, Richard Muther, and Berthold Riehl. In December 1892 he succeeded Eugen von Czihaks as director of the ''Museum schlesischer Alterthümer'' (Museum of Silesian Antiquities) in Breslau. He

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in 1907 and worked as honorary professor at the

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. His specialization was the prehistory of Silesia. He excavated a

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settlement near Jordansmühl, which gave rise to the term Jordansmühl Culture. His successor as museum director in 1899 was Karl Masner.

Memberships and Honors

*1904 Corresponding member of the Antiquarian Cociety Prussia (''Altertumsgesellschaft Prussia'') *1904 Corresponding member of the Royal Academy of History and Ancient Studies Stockholm *1906 Ordinary member of the Royal Nordiske Oldskriftselskab Copenhagen *1912 Corresponding member of the

Danzig Research Society The Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Danzig (translated Danzig Research Society, la, Societas Physicae Experimentalis, pl, Gdańskie Towarzystwo Przyrodnicze) was a scientific organization, founded in 1743 in Danzig ( Gdańsk), Poland, which cont ...

(''Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Danzig'') *1912 Corresponding member of the Anthropological Society in Vienna *1913 Foreign member of the Finnish Antiquities Society in Helsinki *1919 Awarded the Virchow badge of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory *1922 Honorary member of the Prussian Antiquity Society in Königsberg *1928 Ordinary member of the '' Archäologischen Institutes des Deutschen Reiches'' *1933 Honorary member of the Society of Antiquaries of London *1936 member of the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Seger, Hans 1864 births 1943 deaths German archaeologists People from the Province of Silesia Academic staff of the University of Breslau University of Breslau alumni People from Nowa Ruda Silesian-German people