Heinrich Lattermann

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Heinrich Lattermann (born May 20, 1882 in Berlin ; † August 6, 1914 ) was a German epigraphist .

Heinrich Lattermann, the son of a businessman, attended the Kölln high school in Berlin and from autumn 1901 studied architecture at the Technical University in Charlottenburg near Berlin. At Easter 1904 he moved to the University of Berlin . Already during his studies he turned to epigraphy. In the summer semester of 1907 he took leave of absence and went on an educational and research trip to Greece. Together with Lacey D. Caskey , he won the award task of the University of Strasbourg to critically appreciate the building inscriptions of the Erechtheion . In 1908 Lattermann published his dissertation on Greek building inscriptions , which was received with praise by the professional world. In 1909, Lattermann passed the teaching examination for Latin, Greek and history in Berlin. From July to September 1909 he was a scholarship holder at the Reichs-Limeskommission in Freiburg im Breisgau (with Ernst Fabricius ).

For 1909/10, Lattermann received a travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute and traveled to Italy and Greece. Here he continued his architectural and inscription research and prepared various essays that appeared in the following years. After his return he worked at the Prussian Academy of Sciences on the Inscriptiones Graecae . Together with Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen he published the work Arkadische Forschungen in 1911 .

After the military service in Küstrin (1911/12) and the seminar year at the Schiller-Gymnasium in Berlin-Lichterfelde (1912/13), Lattermann was waived the probationary year. He initially worked as an assistant teacher at the Realgymnasium in Potsdam, and from July 1, 1913 as a senior teacher. From 1914 he also taught archeology as a private lecturer at the Technical University of Charlottenburg.

When the First World War broke out, Lattermann volunteered. It fell in the first weeks of the war on August 6, 1914.

literature

  • History of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin . Berlin 1966, p. 100.

Web links

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