Georg Buschan

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Georg Buschan (born April 14, 1863 in Frankfurt (Oder) ; † November 6, 1942 in Stettin ) was a German physician , ethnologist and ethnographer .

Life

During his studies in 1884 he became a member of the Raczek fraternity in Breslau . He earned his doctorate at the Silesian Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Breslau for Dr. med. and at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich as Dr. phil.

After completing his studies, he worked as a naval doctor, most recently as a marine senior physician . Between 1911 and 1926 he toured the Balkan Peninsula , Africa and East Asia . He traveled extensively in German Cameroon . As a doctor he settled in Szczecin. He held the title of medical councilor .

With his numerous works he aroused the interest of a wide audience in ethnological questions. Buschan was the founder and editor of the Centralblatt magazine for anthropology, ethnology and prehistory , co-editor of the Ethnological Gazette and was temporarily chairman of the Society for Ethnology and Geography.

Illustrated ethnology

His main work, the Illustrierte Völkerkunde (3 volumes, 1910–1926) , which was created with the collaboration of numerous specialist representatives - Felix von Luschan , Robert Heine-Geldern , Richard Lasch , Walter Krickeberg , Arthur Haberlandt , Arthur Byhan , Wilhelm Volz , Michael Haberlandt , was considered the most important overall scientific presentation of the subject in its time.

The customs of the peoples

His work on the customs of peoples , which treats "love, marriage, marriage, birth, religion, superstition, habits, cultural peculiarities, death and burials among all peoples of the earth" on the basis of the contributions of outstanding scholars, was also widespread. Workers at the plant were TJ Allridge , Henry Baudesson , Erhard Eylmann , Guillaume Grandidier , Alfred Cort Haddon , Sven Hedin , Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer , Charles Hose , Henry Hamilton Johnston , T. Atoll Joyce , Theodor Koch-Grünberg , Augustin Krämer , H. Maitre , Richard Parkinson , Charles Rudy , Charles Gabriel Seligman , Walter Baldwin Spencer , R. Temple , E. Thurston , AJN Tremearne , Laurence Austine Waddell and many others

Selected publications

  • Influence of race on the form and frequency of pathological changes , in Globus , Vol. 67 (1895), Part I, pp. 21–24, Part II, pp. 43–47, Part III, pp. 60–63, Part IV, p. 76 -80.
  • Human Studies (1909).
  • Illustrated ethnology (3 vols., Stuttgart 1910, 1922, 1926).
  • The customs of the peoples (4 vols., Stuttgart / Berlin / Leipzig 1914–1922).
  • The Bulgarians. Origin and history, characteristics, popular beliefs, customs and traditions (1917).
  • Over 50 years of intellectual work. Books and Essays v. Bushan. Human, racial and Ethnology (1938).
  • About medicinal magic and healing art in the life of peoples. History of Urheilkunde, its development and influence up to the present day (Berlin 1941).

Secondary literature

  • Volkmar Sigusch : Georg Buschan (1863–1942). In: Personenlexikon der Sexualforschung, ed. by Volkmar Sigusch and Günter Grau, Frankfurt / M. and New York, Campus Verlag 2009, pp. 106-109
  • Eckhard Wendt: Stettiner Lebensbilder (= publications of the Historical Commission for Pomerania . Series V, Volume 40). Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-412-09404-8 , pp. 106-108.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hugo Böttger (ed.): Directory of the old fraternity members according to the status of the winter semester 1911/12. Berlin 1912, p. 29.

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personal data
SURNAME Buschan, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buschan, Georg Hermann Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician, anthropologist and ethnographer
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt (Oder)
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 1942
Place of death Szczecin