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Edmund von Mach (1915)

Edmund Robert Otto von Mach (born August 1, 1870 in Gaffert , Pomerania ; † July 15, 1927 in Bangor , Maine ) was a German-American art historian , university professor and author.

Life

Edmund von Mach, son of Edmund von Mach and his wife Melaine von Otto, attended school in Halle , Stolp and Schulpforta . He did his military service in the German army from 1889 to 1891 , emigrated to the United States in 1891 and graduated from Harvard University with a degree in art history . He was there in 1895 Bachelor of Arts (artium baccalaureus, AB), 1896 Master of Arts (Artium Magister, AM) and received his doctorate in 1900 for Ph.D. (Dr. phil.). He taught art history from 1899 to 1903 at Harvard University, from 1899 to 1902 at Wellesley College and from 1902 to 1915 at Bradford Academy in Haverhill, Massachusetts . Edmund von Mach wrote numerous entries on American artists for volume 1 (1907) to 12 (1916) of the Thieme-Becker artist lexicon .

Before the United States entered the war in World War I , he published several times in support of the German point of view and translated Paul Rohrbach's work on German cultural imperialism.

On June 23, 1903, he married Mary Ware Peirce.

Edmund von Mach died in the Eastern Maine General Hospital in Bangor after an appendix operation .

Publications (selection)

Art history

  • Greek sculpture its spirit and principles . Ginn & Co., Boston 1903 ( archive.org ).
  • A handbook of Greek and Roman sculpture . Bureau of University Travel, Boston 1905 ( archive.org ).
  • Outlines of the history of painting from 1200-1900 . Ginn & Co., Boston 1906 ( archive.org ).
  • The art of painting in the nineteenth century . Ginn & Co., Boston 1908 ( archive.org ).

politics

  • What Germany wants . Little, Brown, and Company, Boston 1914 ( archive.org ).
  • What Germany is fighting for . In: Why Europe is at war . GB Putnam's, New York 1915, pp. 85–111 ( archive.org )
  • Germany's point of view . AC McClurg, Chicago 1915 ( archive.org ).
  • Official diplomatic documents relating to the outbreak of the European war, with photographic reproductions of official editions of the documents . The Macmillan Co., New York 1916 ( Hathi Trust ).

translation to English

  • Paul Rohrbach : German World Policies . The Macmillan Co., New York 1915 (English, archive.org - German: The German thought in the world . Düsseldorf / Königstein im Taunus / Leipzig 1912. Translated by Edmund von Mach).

From Mach Site

The archaeologist Warren K. Moorehead (1866–1933) dug between 1910 and 1929 on Edmund von Mach's Little Gaffert estate, named after his hometown in Pomerania, in Brooksville (Maine), on an area of ​​around 100 by 40 meters, a shell pile site indigenous first settlers in that area ("Von Mach Site"). The Mach property owner had given permission to dig. Blackened ceramics, tools ( awls , fishing hooks) and utensils for making tools were found under layers of ash .

literature

  • Von Mach, Berlin's propagandist, Dead. Spoke And Wrote For Cause Of Germans In War Till US Entered Conflict. Resumed Aid After Peace Practiced Law In New York City. Recently Acquired Three Degrees At Harvard . In: The New York Times July 17, 1927.

Web links

Commons : Edmund von Mach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ^ Warren K. Moorehead: The Archeology of Maine. Andover, Massachusetts : The Andover Press, Andover 1922, pp. 169-175 ( archive.org ).
personal data
SURNAME Go on, Edmund von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mach, Edmund Robert Otto von; Mach, Edmund R. von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American art historian, university professor and author
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Gaffert , Pomerania Province
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1927
Place of death Bangor (Maine)