Jürgen Settgast
Jürgen Settgast (born March 21, 1932 in Wismar ; † January 31, 2004 in Berlin ) was a German Egyptologist .
Settgast attended the large city school in Wismar . He studied Egyptology at the universities of Bonn and Heidelberg , where he received his doctorate on October 21, 1960 under Eberhard Otto . Afterwards he was a consultant at the Cairo department of the German Archaeological Institute . From October 1, 1968 until his early retirement due to illness on June 30, 1988, he was director of the Egyptian Museum in West Berlin . Settgast was married to the Egyptologist Biri Fay .
literature
- Rainer Stadelmann : A life for Egyptology - Jürgen Settgast in memory. In: Antike Welt 35, Heft 3, 2004, pp. 5-6 (with picture).
- Dietrich Wildung : Basic work. In memory of Arne Eggebrecht, Lech Krzyzaniak, Jürgen Settgast. In: Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 132, 2005, pp. XI-XIII (with picture).
Web links
- Literature by and about Jürgen Settgast in the catalog of the German National Library
- Museum reports
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Settgast, Jürgen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Egyptologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wismar |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 2004 |
| Place of death | Berlin |