Heinrich Heydemann

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Heinrich Heydemann

Heinrich Heydemann (born August 28, 1842 in Greifswald , † October 10, 1889 in Halle an der Saale ) was a German classical archaeologist .

Life

Youth and Studies

Heinrich Heydemann, the son of the lawyer Gustav Heydemann, was born in Greifswald. A few years later, his family moved to Stettin, where Heydemann attended the Marienstiftsgymnasium from 1852 . His teachers Franz Kern , Ludwig Giesebrecht and Karl Ernst August Schmidt encouraged him to study the humanities, which Heydemann began in Tübingen in 1861 . First he studied German , but under the influence of Conrad Bursian , he switched to classical studies . In the winter semester of 1862/1863 he moved to the University of Bonn , where he attended philological and archaeological lectures and exercises with Friedrich Ritschl and Otto Jahn and was introduced to modern art history by Anton Springer . Here he became a member of the Frankonia fraternity in Bonn in the winter semester of 1862/63 . After a year in Bonn, Heydemann moved to the university in his native Greifswald , where he concentrated entirely on archeology. The local archeology professor Adolf Michaelis became his mentor. In addition to archaeological courses, Heydemann also attended philological courses with Hermann Usener and Georg Friedrich Schömann . In the winter semester of 1864/1865 Heydemann left Greifswald and went to Berlin University , where Karl Friederichs and especially Eduard Gerhard were his academic teachers. Gerhard introduced Heydemann to ancient monuments and also encouraged him to write his dissertation on pictorial representations of Theseus , which was published in Berlin in 1865 ( Analecta Thesea ).

Wandering years

After completing his studies, Heydemann worked for a few months as an amanuensis (assistant) for the blind Eduard Gerhard, who was already terminally ill. In the winter of 1866 he went on an educational and research trip to Italy. He stayed in Rome for a long time , drew Giovanni Jatta's collection of vases in Ruvo and cataloged the collection of vases in Naples in the summer and autumn of 1868 . During an extended stay in Athens , he helped the archaeologist Friedrich Matz catalog the scattered ancient sculptures that had been discovered in the city. In May 1869 Heydemann returned to Berlin, where he completed his habilitation with Ernst Curtius towards the end of the year (Eduard Gerhard had died in 1867).

Lecturer in Berlin

In the following years Heydemann was busy evaluating and publishing his Italian research work. His publications on vase painting were not as successful as Otto Benndorf's collective edition, which was published at the same time , because Heydemann's drawings were less precise and true to style. Heydemann's publications on the Attic sculptures supplemented Kekulé's writings , but were hardly received. In Berlin, in 1870, Heydemann married Aline Reichert, the daughter of the anatomist Karl Bogislaus Reichert , to whom he had become engaged in Rome in 1868.

At the University of Berlin, Heydemann held small archaeological colleges and exercises, rarely lectures, as a private lecturer alongside Professors Curtius and Friederich. After Friederich's death in 1871, he tried unsuccessfully to keep his post at the university (an extraordinary professorship). Friederichs' position as assistant at the Antiquarium , for which Heydemann had also applied, he received only in 1873 - initially provisionally for half a year, then definitely.

Professor in Halle

A few months later, Heydemann opened up a new professional perspective. Since his colleague Friedrich Matz had succeeded Friederichs in Berlin in the spring of 1874, his position at the University of Halle was vacant. Heydemann received this position, also an extraordinary professorship, in 1876. Heydemann held lectures and exercises in Halle on the entire field of archeology. He enlarged the cast collection of the Archaeological Museum by increasing the limited financial resources of the Archaeological Seminar through lectures and the involvement of sponsors. In Halle Heydemann also founded the Hallische Winckelmannsprogramm , which appeared annually from 1876 onwards and was continued by his Halle successors. In recognition of his services, the University appointed Heydemann a full professor in 1882.

In the spring of 1889 Heydemann developed a stomach disease. Despite the pain, he finished the lectures in the summer semester and then went to Kissingen for a cure . When it became clear that the disease was incurable, Heydemann stopped the cure and returned to Halle. He died here on October 10, 1889. His estate went to the Archaeological Museum, which was expanded by a few rooms in 1891 under his successor Carl Robert .

literature

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Heydemann  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Directory of the old gentlemen of the Bonn fraternity "Frankonia". of September 1, 1901, p. 8.
personal data
SURNAME Heydemann, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heydemann, Heinrich Gustav Dieudonné
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Greifswald
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1889
Place of death Halle on the Saale