Alexander Dedekind
Alexander Dedekind (born April 5, 1856 in Wolfenbüttel , † November 8, 1940 in Vienna ) was a German-Austrian Egyptologist .
Life
Alexander Dedekind, son of the lawyer and notary Franz Dedekind (1814–1888) and grandson of the Supreme Court President Franz Josua Dedekind (1785–1863), first attended high school in Wolfenbüttel and after a stay in Geneva to study languages since 1873, the Schottengymnasium in Vienna, where he obtained the Matura in 1875. He studied law in Göttingen and Vienna from 1875 to 1879 and practiced as a court attorney in Vienna after his exams. From 1885 to 1888, however, he studied Egyptology in Vienna with Leo Reinisch , as well as philosophy and Assyriology . In 1888 he received his doctorate with the dissertation Hieroglyphs Grammar with a linguistic introduction and a colossal representation of the textually revised hieroglyphic part of the decree of Canopus as a supplement . In 1886 he was secretary of the VII International Congress of Orientalists and then worked as a curator of the arts and crafts collections of the Museum of Commerce . In 1892 he succeeded Ernst von Bergmann as head of the Egyptian-Oriental Collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum . He retired in 1911.
In his younger years Dedekind was also active in literature and wrote a number of plays. In 1881 he published memoirs of the writer Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872).
Publications (selection)
- scientific writings
- A contribution to purple studies . 4 volumes. Mayer & Müller, Berlin 1898–1911.
- Ancient Egyptian bee beings in the light of modern world beekeeping . Mayer & Müller, Berlin 1901.
- Egyptological investigations. Frick, Vienna 1902.
- The life and work of the Egyptologist Ernst von Bergmann . 2nd edition, Frick, Vienna 1906.
- History of the Imperial Collection of Ancient Egyptian Objects in Vienna . Frick, Vienna 1907.
- literary writings
- The priest of Isis. A tragedy in 4 acts . A. Klinger, Vienna 1877
- Pink. A tragedy in 2 acts . A. Eurich, Vienna 1880.
- Dedekind's memoirs from Grillparzer circles. Imprint from the diaries . Vienna 1881.
- Kürnberg. Tragedy in 5 acts . Bondi & Schmid Vienna 1883.
- Columbus. Historical drama in 1 prelude a. 5 acts . August Schulze, Leipzig 1892.
literature
- Dedekind, Alexander. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 173.
- Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon . 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 135.
- Morris L. Bierbrier: Who was who in Egyptology . 4th revised edition. Egypt Exploration Society, London 2012, ISBN 978-0-85698-207-1 , p. 148.
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert Hübl: History of teaching in the Schotten Abbey in Vienna . Vienna 1907, p. 302 ( digitized version ).
- ^ University archive Vienna PH RA 493.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dedekind, Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dedekind, Alexander Eduard Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Egyptologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolfenbüttel |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1940 |
| Place of death | Vienna |