Alfred Wiedemann (Egyptologist)

Alfred Wiedemann (born July 18, 1856 in Berlin , † December 7, 1936 in Bad Godesberg ) was a German Egyptologist .

Wiedemann was the son of the physicist Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann and the younger brother of Eilhard Wiedemann , who also became a professor of physics. He was married since 1885 to Hedwig Finkelnburg (1863–1945), daughter of the Bonn psychiatry professor Carl Maria Finkelnburg . The couple had two children: Hans-Erich Wiedemann, killed in the First World War, and Gudrun, married Seitz.

After attending high school in Leipzig, Alfred Wiedemann studied Egyptology and ancient history at the universities of Leipzig , Berlin , Paris and Tübingen . On October 30, 1878 in Leipzig he was awarded Dr. phil. PhD. On October 27, 1882, he completed his habilitation at the University of Bonn and received the license to teach Egyptology and ancient oriental history. He was appointed associate professor on December 4, 1891, and full professor on July 26, 1920 . In 1924 he retired.

Wiedemann was also known as a local researcher. With financial support from the Association for Homeland Care and Local History Bad Godesberg, he wrote a standard work on the history of Godesberg. A street in the Godesberg district of Rüngsdorf was named after him.

Wiedemann was buried in the castle cemetery in Bad Godesberg .

Publications (selection)

• Egyptian history (= manuals of ancient history. 1: Egyptian history. ). 3 volumes. Perthes, Gotha 1884-1888;
  • Section 1: From the earliest times to the death of Tutmes III. 1884, ( digitized version );
  • Volume 2: From the death of Tutmes III. except for Alexander the great. 1884;
  • Supplement. 1888, ( digitized version ).
• Herodotus second book. With factual explanations. Teubner, Leipzig 1890.
• The religion of the ancient Egyptians (= representations from the area of ​​non-Christian religious history. 3, ZDB -ID 521545-6 ). Aschendorff, Münster 1890, ( digitized version ).
• The dead and their realms in the faith of the ancient Egyptians (= The Ancient Orient 2nd year, issue 2, ZDB -ID 513421-3 ). Hinrichs, Leipzig 1900, ( digitized version ).
• The entertainment literature of the ancient Egyptians (= Der Alte Orient. Vol. 3, Issue 4). Hinrichs, Leipzig 1902.
• Magic and sorcery in ancient Egypt (= The Ancient Orient. Vol. 6, Issue 4). Hinrichs, Leipzig 1905.
• Mummy as a remedy , magazine of the Association for Rhenish and Westphalian Folklore, 1906, uk. 1-38, online here
• The amulets of the ancient Egyptians (= Der Alte Orient. Vol. 12, booklet 1). Hinrichs, Leipzig 1910.
• The animal cult of the ancient Egyptians (= Der Alte Orient. Vol. 14, booklet 1). Hinrichs, Leipzig 1912.
• History of Godesberg and its surroundings. Rhenania-Verlag, Godesberg 1920.

literature

• Hans Bonnet : Alfred Wiedemann. In: Journal for Egyptian Language and Antiquity . (ZÄS). Vol. 73, December 1937, p. VIII, ( digitized version) .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bonner General-Anzeiger: Local researcher and Egyptologist. December 7, 2016, p. 23.

Web links

Wikisource: Alfred Wiedemann  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Alfred Wiedemann in the catalog of the German National Library