Georg Kestner (archivist, 1805)

Georg Kestner (full name: Georg Wilhelm Eduard Kestner , born July 9, 1805 in Hanover ; † February 9, 1892 in Dresden ) was a German archivist , chief inspector , private scholar , autograph and art collector and patron .

Life

family

Georg Kästner's tomb (restored condition), Alter Annenfriedhof

Georg Wilhelm Eduard Kestner was the son of archivist Georg Kestner and the grandson of Charlotte and Johann Christian Kestner . In 1839 he married Sophie Heydorn .

Career

Born at the time of the Electorate of Hanover during the so-called “ French era ” in one of Hanover's pretty families , Georg Kestner studied at the universities in Göttingen and Heidelberg before he was accepted into the civil service of the Kingdom of Hanover in his hometown .

In 1851 Kestner became a member of the Hanover Art Association . After his retirement , Georg Kestner went to Dresden in 1860, where he settled as a private scholar. In 1892, over appropriated he begun by his father and to around 20,000 copies extended by him autograph collection from the period of the late 18th and early 19th century, the Leipzig University Library .

Kestner died in Dresden in 1892 and was buried in the Old Annenfriedhof . The group of sculptures at the grave (two angels) was made by Adolf von Donndorf .

literature

Hugo Thielen: Kestner (3), Georg Wilhelm Eduard . In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 196 ( Google Books ) = Kestner (4), Georg Wilhelm Eduard. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 345.
Kestner, Georg Wilhelm Eduard . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 5 : Hitz – Kozub . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2006, ISBN 3-11-094653-X , p. 603–604 ( books.google.de - limited preview).

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hugo Thielen : KESTNER, (3) Georg Wilhelm Eduard. In: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . P. 196 ( books.google.de ).
^ Ines Katenhusen : Museum August Kestner. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover . P. 455 f.
↑ Klaus Mlynek : Pretty families. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover. P. 310.

personal data
SURNAME	Kestner, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kestner, Georg Wilhelm Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German archivist and chief inspector, private scholar, art collector and patron
DATE OF BIRTH	July 9, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hanover
DATE OF DEATH	February 9, 1892
Place of death	Dresden

[HBL-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hugo Thielen : KESTNER, (3) Georg Wilhelm Eduard. In: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . P. 196 ( books.google.de ).

[2] Ines Katenhusen : Museum August Kestner. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover . P. 455 f.

[3] Klaus Mlynek : Pretty families. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover. P. 310.