Ferenc from Tompa
Ferenc von Tompa , also Tompa Ferenc (born January 6, 1893 in Budapest ; † February 9, 1945 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian prehistorian .
After studying at the University of Budapest , Tompa was director of the museum in Szombathely from 1920 , and from 1923 to 1938 curator of the prehistoric collection of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest. From 1938 until his death he was professor of prehistory at the University of Budapest. Tompa's research area was the Neolithic and Bronze Age in Hungary, the basis of their chronology and their periodization go back to him. From 1926 to 1928 he dug in Nagyrév, Szolnok County , after which he named the Early Bronze Age Nagyrév culture in 1937 .
In 1935 he became a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and in 1937 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina .
literature
- Jan Filip : Encyclopedic manual on the prehistory and early history of Europe. Volume 2. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1966, p. 1471.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member entry of Ferenc von Tompa at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 18, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tompa, Ferenc from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tompa, Ferenc; Tompa, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian prehistorian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1945 |
| Place of death | Budapest |