Herbert Baldus
Herbert Baldus (born March 14, 1899 in Wiesbaden ; † October 24, 1970 in São Paulo ) was a Brazilian ethnologist of German origin.
Baldus was an academic student of Richard Thurnwald , Konrad Theodor Preuss and Walter Lehmann . When the National Socialists came to power in 1933 , Baldus was on a research trip to Brazil . He did not return to Germany for the next 20 years. In 1939 he became a professor of Brazilian ethnology at the Escola de Sociologia e Poltica de São Paulo . In 1946 he also became curator of the Museu Paulista , whose ethnological department he systematically expanded.
From 1937 Baldus published in Portuguese. He published significant contributions to Indian research in eastern South America. Emilio Willems described the work "Bibliografia Critica da Etnologia Brasileira" submitted by Baldus in 1954 as an "almost monumental achievement". Baldus also wrote the novel "Madame Lynch" (Berlin: Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1931, 207 p.).
literature
- Hans Becher (ed.): Contributions to the ethnology of South America. Presentation for Herbert Baldus on the occasion of his 65th birthday , Hanover 1964.
- Emilio Willems: Herbert Baldus 1899-1970 , in: Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie , 23/1971, pp. 665–666.
- Wilhelm Emil Mühlmann / R. Lenhard: Baldus, Herbert , in: Wilhelm Bernsdorf / Horst Knospe (eds.): Internationales Soziologenlexikon , Vol. 2, Enke, Stuttgart ² 1984, p. 43 f.
Web links
- Baldus, Herbert. Hessian biography. (As of February 3, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
References and comments
- ^ Emilio Willems: Herbert Baldus 1899-1970 , in: Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 23/1971, p. 666.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baldus, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian ethnologist of German origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiesbaden |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 1970 |
| Place of death | São Paulo |