George MA Hanfmann

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George Maxim Anossov hemp man (born 7 . Jul / 20th November  1911 greg. In St. Petersburg ; † 13. March 1986 in Watertown (Massachusetts) ) was an American Classic archaeologist Russian origin.

Life

George MA Hanfmann, the son of the lawyer and journalist Maxim Ippolitowitsch Ganfman, emigrated with his family from Russia in 1921 after the Russian Civil War and lived in Lithuania . Hanfmann later moved to Jena , where he graduated from high school in 1930. He then studied archeology, classical philology , philosophy and ancient history at the University of Jena . He moved to Munich and Berlin , where he became a student of Gerhart Rodenwaldt . With him Hanfmann was in 1934 with the dissertation Altetruskische plastic doctorate .

Hanfmann, who was of Jewish origin, saw no professional prospects under the National Socialists. Therefore, he moved with his wife Ilse (née Böhland) to the United States , where he was employed at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore on the recommendation of Rodenwaldt . Hanfmann worked on the small metal finds from the excavation in Olynth and got his doctorate in the United States with this work in 1935. He then moved to Harvard University , where he taught and researched for the rest of his life. First as a Fellow and Assistant , after obtaining American citizenship (1940) as Associate Professor and since 1956 as Full Professor of Fine Arts . From 1971 to 1982 he held the John E. Hudson Professorship for Archeology. In addition, Hanfmann headed the antiques department at the University's Fogg Art Museum from 1949 to 1975 and organized numerous exhibitions, including Ancient Art in American Private Collections (1955).

In addition to his teaching and administrative work, Hanfmann took part in several excavations. In 1947/1948 he accompanied Hetty Goldman to Tarsos , and from 1958 to 1976 he himself led the excavations in Sardis . The results of these excavations, which Hanfmann published quickly, brought new knowledge about early history in Asia Minor and the archaic epoch of Lydia .

Hanfmann worked in the USA as a researcher, academic teacher and museum director. A special achievement is that he carried the tradition of German-speaking archeology to his new home and mediated between the USA and post-war Germany. In 1953 Hanfmann was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . He was a member of the American Philosophical Society since 1970 and of the British Academy since 1979 . In 1981 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Free University of Berlin for his services .

Publications (selection)

  • Etruscan sculpture. Hans E. Günther Verlag, Stuttgart 1956.
  • Sardis und Lydien (= treatises of the humanities and social sciences class of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz. Born in 1960, No. 6).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Borbein in Lullies / Schiering (1988) 314.
  2. ^ Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 1950–1999 ( [1] ). Retrieved September 23, 2015
  3. ↑ Member History: George MA Hanfmann. American Philosophical Society, accessed September 21, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Hanfmann, George MA
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hanfmann, George Maxim Anossov (full name); Ganfman, Georgij Maksimovic
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American classical archaeologist of Russian origin
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1986
Place of death Watertown, Massachusetts