Donald Lindsay Galbreath

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Donald Lindsay Galbreath (born May 9, 1884 in Newark (Ohio) , † November 2, 1949 in London ) was an American heraldist and dentist working in Switzerland .

Life

Galbreath comes from a US family of Scottish descent. His father was a dentist, his mother a teacher. After attending high school, he began studying at university in Germany, later in the USA and Switzerland. As a dentist, he opened a practice in Montreux (formerly Le Châtelard VD ) around 1910 .

His special talent for languages ​​in English, German and French was very helpful to him in his scientific work in the field of heraldry . Through his numerous publications he became an important representative of modern heraldry. In collaboration with the heraldists Egon Freiherr von Berchem and Otto Hupp , a catalog of the German heraldic books of the Middle Ages was created. The Swiss magazine “Schweizer Archiv für Heraldik”, of which he was the editor in French, changed under his leadership from a regional edition to a heraldic publication with an international reputation.

Works

In addition to numerous essays on the coat of arms and seals of western Switzerland, Galbreath published the following monographs:

  • with Hubert de Vevey: Manuel d'héraldique , 1922, 1942 expanded under the title Manuel du blason
  • Heraldry handbook , Munich 1930.
  • Armorial vaudois , 2 volumes, 1934–36 (applies to Galbreath's main work)
  • Inventaire des sceaux vaudois , 1937
  • Textbook of Heraldry , Munich 1939 (Lausanne 1978)
  • with Egon von Berchem and Otto Hupp: Contributions to the history of heraldry , Berlin 1939
  • Papal Heraldry , Second Edition Revised by Geoffrey Briggs, London 1972

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lexicon of Heraldry, Gert Oswald, VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, 1984
  2. ↑ Lexicon of Heraldry, Gert Oswald, VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, 1984
personal data
SURNAME Galbreath, Donald Lindsay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American heraldist
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Newark, Ohio
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 1949
Place of death London