George Petrie (archaeologist)

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George Petrie (born January 1, 1790 in Dublin , Ireland , † January 17, 1866 ) was an Irish archaeologist , musician and painter .

Life

Petrie was the son of a miniature painter. In 1828 he became a member of the Royal Irish Academy , since 1829 he was a member of its executive committee (council). He organized the Society's Museum, which contained such famous pieces as the Tara Primer. He was also involved in the Irish Ordnance Survey . In the historical department, he was responsible for the collection and correct spelling of place names, but also compiled inventories of monuments and other antiquities. The Templemore Parish Report was published in 1837, after which the department was disbanded - ostensibly for financial reasons, but there are suspicions that the British refused to provide material to the growing Irish nationalism and pride in Ireland's glorious past. In 1845 he succeeded in identifying Newgrange as Brú na Bóinne based on early Irish literature. Petrie was also active as a journalist and in 1840 founded a "Groschenblatt", the Irish Penny Journal . He was also known as a painter, especially in watercolors.

The Iron Age Petrie crown is named after him.

Fonts

  • Memoir of the Parish of Templemore. 1837.
  • On the ecclesiastic architecture of Ireland. 1845.
  • The Petrie Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland. Gill, Dublin 1855. Reprinted: Farnborough 1967, Heppenheim 1969.
  • Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language. In: The Annuary of the Kilkenny Archæological Society. Kilkenny 1872-1878.

literature

  • Charles Graves: Eloge on the late George Petrie. Delivered at a meeting of the Royal Irish Academy 1866. Gill, Dublin 1866.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Colette Moloney: Petrie, George . In: Harry White and Barra Boydell (Eds.): The Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland . tape 2 . University College Dublin Press, Dublin 2013, ISBN 978-1-906359-78-2 , pp. 830 .
  2. ^ Jeanne Sheehy: The rediscovery of Ireland's past. The Celtic revival, 1830-1930. Thames and Hudson, London 1980, p. 20
personal data
SURNAME Petrie, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish archaeologist, musician and painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH Dublin , Ireland
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 1866