Lubor Niederle
Lubor Niederle (born September 20, 1865 in Klatovy , † June 14, 1944 in Prague ) was a Czech archaeologist, anthropologist, ethnographer and historian.
Life
Lubor Niederle studied anthropology in Prague, Germany and France. At a young age he traveled to large parts of southern and eastern Europe. Through Miroslav Tyrš he was encouraged to study archeology and ethnography , later he devoted himself exclusively to the prehistoric history of Europe. His main interest was the Slavic tribes, about which he published his first work in 1893. Two years later he took part in setting up the Folklore Museum.
In 1891 he founded and edited the magazine Czech People and worked for several specialist magazines. Niederle lived in Veletiny during the summer months from 1896 . From 1898 he taught prehistoric archeology as a professor at Charles University in Prague. From 1927 to 1929 he was rector of the university. In 1906 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg .
Niederle was one of the protagonists of the archaeological investigation methods using critical-analytical use of historical sources. With his long-time friend, the archaeologist Karel Buchtela , he wrote a compendium on Czech archeology in 1910. In 1919 he played a key role in founding the State Archaeological Institute (today the Archaeological Institute of the AV ČR ), which he headed until 1924.
His most important archaeological-ethnological work is the eleven-volume collection of Slavic Antiquities (1902 to 1927) and his study of Slavs in Hungary from 1903 ( Národopisná mapa uherských Slováků ). In 1928 he participated in the establishment of the Slavic Institute (today an institute of the AV ČR ). He dealt with the problems of Slavism and the history of the Slavs in his compendium of Slavic archeology, published in 1931.
In 1938 the Veletiny Municipality made him an honorary citizen.
literature
- J. Sláma: Niederle Lubor. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 117 f. (Direct links on p. 117 , p. 118 ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724. Lubor Niederle. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed October 10, 2015 (Russian).
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Lubor Niederle in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Niederle, Lubor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech archaeologist, anthropologist, ethnographer and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klatovy , Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1944 |
| Place of death | Prague |