Eugen von Mercklin

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Eugene of Mercklin (born January 13 . Jul / 25. January  1884 greg. In St. Petersburg , † 2. April 1969 in Hamburg ) was a German classical archaeologist .

Life

Eugen von Mercklin came from a family of the Baltic official nobility. His father was the Guard Captain a. D. Eugen von Mercklin, his mother Auguste Birkenstaedt. He grew up in St. Petersburg and began his studies there. In 1902 he moved to the University of Leipzig , where Franz Studniczka became his formative teacher. Mercklin's promotion took place in 1909 with a thesis on the subject of the racing car in Greece . Then he went to the German Archaeological Institute, Rome Department , where he rearranged the library's systematic catalog. In addition, with Herbert Koch , Carl Weickert and Erik von Stockar he began to investigate rock necropolises in the South Etruscan , which led to Mercklin's book Bieda . In 1922 he was initially a research assistant and later a curator at the Museum of Art and Industry in Hamburg . At the still young University of Hamburg , he completed his habilitation in 1923 with a thesis on the now- defunct Real Museo Artistico Industriale in Rome . He also taught at the university's classical philological seminar. In 1930 he was awarded the title of professor. In the same year he also published a museum guide to the museum's antique pieces. During this time, he also carried out valuable preparatory work for the research of this type of find, based on his studies of the museum's Etruscan ceramics. In November 1933 he was one of the signatories of the professors' commitment at German universities and colleges to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist state .

During the Second World War , Mercklin - he met his wife Anna ME Peneder in Rome - lost their only child with his son. In addition, there was an illness of his own for many years, which prevented him from continuing his work for a long time. In 1962, after almost half a century of work, Mercklin's main work, Antike Figurenkapitelle, was published . Shortly before his death, he showed his humorous side in the article Facetiae Capitolinae in a commemorative publication for Ulf Jantzen and provided an ironic look at the history of science. In 1964 a commemorative publication was dedicated to him on his 80th birthday. Mercklin died in April 1969.

Fonts

  • The racing car in Greece , Radelli & Hille, Leipzig 1909 ( online )
  • Greek and Roman antiquities . Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hamburg 1930 (Guide to the Hamburg Museum of Arts and Crafts 2).
  • Ancient figurative capitals . de Gruyter, Berlin 1962.
  • Etruscan ceramics in the Hamburg Museum for Art and Industry (one volume with two continuations). Tipocalcografia Classica, Florence 1935–1937.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Ernst Homann-Wedeking , Berta Segall (ed.): Festschrift Eugen v. Mercklin. Stiftland-Verlag, Waldsassen 1964.
personal data
SURNAME Mercklin, Eugen von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH 2nd April 1969
Place of death Hamburg