Henry Buergel Goodwin (February 20, 1878 – September 11, 1931)Luminous Lint:
Henry B. Goodwin
', URL last accessed April 3, 2006. was a

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-born

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photographer and

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. Goodwin was born in

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, Germany, as Heinrich Karl Hugo Bürgel. His father Hugo Bürgel (1853–1903) was a landscape painter. He studied Nordic languages at the

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, graduating in 1903 with a

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thesis on the Icelandic manuscript ''Konungsannáll. Annales Islandorum Regii''. While in Leipzig, he also learned to photograph in the studio of

Nicola Perscheid Nicola Perscheid (3 December 1864 – 12 May 1930) was a German photographer. He is primarily known for his artistic portrait photography. He developed the "Perscheid lens", a soft focus lens for large format portrait photography. Life and care ...

. In 1903, he married Hildegard Gassner, and the following year, they moved to

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in Sweden, where Goodwin held a position as lecturer in German at

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from 1906 until 1909.Sixten Rönnow, "Goodwin, Heinrich (Henry) Carl Hugo Buergel", ''Svenskt biografiskt lexikon'', vol. 17, p. 179. With his move to Sweden, where he was naturalised in 1908, he also began to anglicise his name: he first added the "Goodwin" surname and omitted the Umlaut, changing "Bürgel" to "Buergel", and in 1907, he changed "Heinrich" to "Henry" and henceforth went by the name "Henry B. Goodwin". In 1909, he was divorced from Hildegard, who would move back to Germany with their three children three years later. Only a short time later, Goodwin wed Ida Helander, ''née'' Engelke (1874–1963), a teacher from

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. When his academic career did not really advance, Goodwin began concentrating more on photography. In 1913 he organised a photography course given by Nicola Perscheid,Schumann, K.
''Nicola Perscheid (1864-1930). Forschungen zu einem Berufsphotographen im Kontext der Kunstphotographie um 1900''
,

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thesis,

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, 2003. URL last accessed April 3, 2006. and from 1916 on, he worked as a professional photographer with his own studio. Goodwin became known as Sweden's foremost

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photographer, and his works were exhibited and acclaimed internationally.Joseph Bellows Gallery:
Henry B. Goodwin
''. URL last accessed April 3, 2006.

References

Main source: *Östlind, O.:
The unknown Henry B. Goodwin
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(thumbnails only) by Henry B. Goodwin.
Swedish Photography – Henry B Goodwin
at prittsel.googlepages.com History of Swedish Photography by Pär Rittsel. {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodwin, Henry B. 1878 births 1931 deaths People from Munich German emigrants to Sweden 19th-century Swedish photographers

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