Hans Schaal (archaeologist)
Hans (Johannes) Schaal (born March 28, 1888 in Thalassery (formerly Tellicherry) on the Malabar coast in India ; † July 19, 1963 in Bremen ) was a German educator and classical archaeologist .
biography
Schaal was the son of a missionary from Schwäbisch Hall . Since 1907 he studied classical philology and archeology at the University of Bonn and in 1912/13 at the University of Berlin. He was in Berlin to Dr. phil. PhD . After that he was a teacher in Schulpforta . In 1917 he married Annemarie Erman, the youngest daughter of the Egyptologist Adolf Erman .
In 1926 Schaal became director of the old grammar school in Bremen. From 1926 to 1929 he undertook several research trips to Italy and Greece . In 1932 he became a member of the German Archaeological Institute . Publications appeared on Greek vases and clay sculptures, among other things. In the time of National Socialism he had with the Nazis problems since his wife was the daughter of a professor with a Jewish grandmother. He adapted and was able to remain as headmaster. In May 1945 he was dismissed as director and returned in 1947 as a teacher. In 1952 he was able to undertake another research trip. In 1953 he was retired. He was then occupied with topics of antiquity .
Fonts
- De Euripidis Antiopa. Dissertation. Berlin 1914.
- Greek vases from Frankfurt collections. Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main 1923.
- Greek vases. Part I and II. Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld, Leipzig 1928.
- From barter to world trade, pictures of trade and traffic in prehistory and antiquity. Teubner, Leipzig 1931.
- Greek vases and figural clay sculptures in Bremen. Winter, Bremen 1933.
- The island of Pelops. Forays through the landscape and history of southern Greece. Geist, Bremen 1943.
- Ostia. The world port of Rome. Dorn, Bremen 1957.
literature
- Portraits of archaeologists . Portraits and short biographies of classical archaeologists in the German language. von Zabern, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-8053-0971-6 , p. 335.
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans Schaal in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schaal, Hans |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schaal, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pedagogue and classical archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thalassery |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 19, 1963 |
| Place of death | Bremen |