Hans Seger

Hans Seger (around 1930)

Hans Seger (born August 28, 1864 in Neurode , district of Neurode , province of Silesia , † August 15, 1943 in Breslau ) was a German prehistorian .

Life

Hans Seger studied in Breslau with August Rossbach , Robert Vischer and August Schmarsow and in Munich with Heinrich von Brunn , Richard Muther and Berthold Riehl classical archeology and art history. As successor to Eugen von Czihak , he became director of the Museum of Silesian Antiquities in Breslau in December 1892 . He completed his habilitation in 1907 and was an honorary professor at the University of Breslau . Its territory was the prehistory of Silesia. He excavated a Neolithic settlement near Jordansmühl . The term Jordansmühler Kultur goes back to him . His successor as museum director was Karl Masner in 1899 .

1904 Corresponding member of the Prussia Antiquities Society
1904 Corresponding member of the Royal Academy of History and Classical Studies in Stockholm
1906 Full member of the Royal Nordiske Oldskriftselskab Copenhagen
1912 Corresponding member of the Danzig Natural Research Society
1912 Corresponding member of the Anthropological Society in Vienna
1913 Foreign member of the Finnish Antiquities Society in Helsingfors
1919 Awarded the Virchow plaque from the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory
1922 honorary member of the Prussia antiquity society in Königsberg
1928 Full member of the Archaeological Institute of the German Empire
1933 honorary member of the Society of Antiquaries of London
1936 member of the Leopoldina

Guide through the Prehistory Department and the Antique Cabinet . Silesian Museum of Applied Arts and Antiquities, Breslau 1920 ( digitized version ).
with Martin Jahn (Ed.): Sources for East German Prehistory and Early History , Vol. 1–6. Kabitzsch, Leipzig 1931-1940.

Martin Jahn: Hans Seger for his seventieth birthday . In: Altschlesien [= Festschrift for the 70th birthday of Hans Seger]. Breslau 1934, pp. 1-4.
Heinrich Kohlhaußen: Hans Seger as a museum man . In: Altschlesien [= Festschrift for the 70th birthday of Hans Seger]. Breslau 1934, pp. 5–12.

personal data
SURNAME	Seger, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH	August 28, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neurode , District of Neurode , Province of Silesia
DATE OF DEATH	August 15, 1943
Place of death	Wroclaw