Ekkehart Vespers
Ekkehart Vesper (born February 26, 1924 in Leipzig , † October 24, 2005 in Flensburg ) was a German librarian .
Life
After graduating as Dr. phil. at the University of Leipzig on August 15, 1950 and the library clerkship at the Deutsche Bücherei (1949–1951) he worked until 1958 at the University Library Leipzig , at the Saarland University and State Library (1958–1965) and TIB Hannover (1965–1972 ). From 1972 to 1987 he was Director General of the Berlin State Library . The new building on Potsdamer Strasse fell during his term of office .
Fonts (selection)
- Christians and Christianity in the Icelandic sagas . Leipzig 1950, OCLC 699284694 .
- as editor: State Library of Prussian Cultural Heritage. Ceremony for the opening of the new building in Berlin . Wiesbaden 1978, ISBN 3-88226-035-1 .
literature
- Günter Baron: Vespers, Ekkehart. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-428-11207-5 , pp. 776 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Barbara Schneider-Kempf : Obituary Ekkehart Vesper (1924–2005). In: Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie , Volume 53, 2006, No. 1, pp. 45–46.
Individual evidence
- ^ The State Library of Prussian Cultural Heritage - Structure and Development 1946 to 1978. In: Ekkehart Vesper (Hrsg.): Ceremony for the opening of the new building in Berlin. Reichert, Wiesbaden 1978, ISBN 3-88226-035-1 , pp. 95-122.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vespers, Ekkehart |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German librarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 2005 |
| Place of death | Flensburg |