Einar Gjerstad

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Einar Gjerstad

Erik Paul Einar Gjerstad (born October 30, 1897 in Örebro , † January 8, 1988 in Lund ) was a Swedish archaeologist and ancient historian . He is considered the "father of archaeological research in Cyprus" .

Gjerstad studied and received his doctorate in 1926 at Uppsala University . In 1923/1924 he took part in excavations in Asine (Kastraki) in Greece and Cyprus . From 1927 to 1931 he was the research director of the Swedish Expedition to Cyprus. During these years in Cyprus he met the young Joan du Plat Taylor and brought her to underwater archeology . With his colleagues Erik Sjöqvist (1903–1975), Alfred Westholm (1904–1996) and the architect John Lindros (1898–1961), he published the three-volume work The Swedish Cyprus Expedition (1934–1937) after his stay .

From 1935 to 1940 Gjerstad was director of the Swedish Institute in Rome and began his research on the history and archeology of early Rome.

From 1939 to 1957 he was Professor of Classical Antiquity and Ancient History at Lund University . From 1957 he had a personal research professorship. In 1972 he retired . Since 1972 he has been a corresponding member of the British Academy .

literature

  • Nancy Thomson De Grummond (Ed.): An encyclopedia of the history of classical archeology , Volume 1, Greenwood Press 1996, ISBN 0-313-22066-2 , p. 509.
  • Eric M. Meyers (Ed.): The Oxford encyclopedia of archeology in the Near East. Volume 2, Oxford University Press 1997, ISBN 0-19-511216-4 , p. 412.
  • Carl-Gustaf Styrenius: Einar Gjerstad 30/10/1897 - 8/1/1988 , biography (8 pages), Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm undated
  • Paul Åström : "The fantastic years on Cyprus". The Swedish Cyprus Expedition and its members (= Studies in Mediterranean archeology and literature. Volume 79). Åström, Jonsered 1994, ISBN 91-7081-059-1 .
  • Einar Gjerstad. In: Arsbok, Vetenskaps-societeten i Lund. CWK Gleerup, Lund 1988.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Eric M. Meyers (Ed.): The Oxford encyclopedia of archeology in the Near East , Volume 2, 1997, p. 412.
  2. ↑ Nancy Thomson de Grummond (Ed.): An encyclopedia of the history of classical archeology , Volume 1, 1996, sv?.
  3. ^ Elisabeth Piltz, Paul W. Wallace, Andreas G. Orphanides: Swedish texts (= Sources for the History of Cyprus. Volume 14). State University of New York at Albany, Institute of Cypriot Studies, Greece and Cyprus Research Center, 2008, ISBN 1-931226-14-8 , pp.?.
  4. ^ Berta Stjernquist: The Royal Society of Letters at Lund, 1968-1993 , Scripta minora Regiae Societatis Humaniorum Litterarum Lundensis, Verlag Almquist & Wiksell International, Stockholm 1993, ISBN 91-22-01568-X , p.
  5. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed June 1, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Gjerstad, Einar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gjerstad, Erik Paul Einar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish archaeologist and ancient historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Örebro
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 1988
Place of death Lund