Heinrich Schäfer (Egyptologist)

Johann Heinrich Schäfer (born October 29, 1868 in Berlin , † April 6, 1957 in Hessisch Lichtenau ) was a German Egyptologist . Schäfer belonged to the basic Egyptological research generation of Eduard Meyer (1855-1930), Sir Flinders Petrie (1853-1942), Sir Alan Gardiner (1879-1963), Alexandre Moret (1868-1938) and Adolf Erman (1854-1937) and his Students Ludwig Borchardt (1863–1938) and Kurt Sethe (1869–1934).

Life

Henry Schaefer grew up in Berlin and made the Royal Wilhelms gymnasium 1887 the High School . As a schoolboy, he visited the collections of the Egyptian Museum in Berlin and taught himself basic Egyptological knowledge. Heinrich Schäfer then studied Egyptology and Classical Philology in Berlin with Adolf Erman. In 1892 he received his doctorate and then completed his military service. From 1888 Schäfer was Erman's research assistant in the Egyptian department of the Royal Museums in Berlin . Then he rose from assistant director to professor, then to titular director and finally from 1914 to 1935 to director of the Egyptian department of the State Museums in Berlin. He interrupted his scientific work in the museum for several research trips to Egypt. In 1921 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .

Research trips

From October 1898 to March 1899 he was involved in the excavation of the solar sanctuary at Abusir and the papyrus excavation in Ihnasja . Then he undertook a journey to the second cataract from October 1899 to April 1901. From June 1908 to April 1909 he took part in the Berlin Academy expedition to rescue the reliefs and inscriptions of the temples of Philae and Lower Nubia, which were endangered by the congestion of the Nile . From October 1911 to April 1912 he was involved in the expedition of the Vienna Academy to research the Nubian language and in 1925 Schäfer first traveled through Egypt and then to Philae. He last visited Egypt in 1937.

Heinrich Schäfer achieved international recognition for his scientific achievements and died at the age of 87 in Hessisch Lichtenau in Hessen .

literature

Andreas Wagner: Shepherd, Johann Heinrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 507 f. ( Digitized version ).
Andreas Wagner: Heinrich Schäfer (Egyptologist). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0 , Sp. 1518-1531. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

Web links

Literature by and about Heinrich Schäfer in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 211.

personal data
SURNAME	Shepherd, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Shepherd, Johann Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Egyptologist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 29, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	April 6, 1957
Place of death	Hessian Lichtenau

[1] Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 211.