Marcus Niebuhr death

Marcus Niebuhr Tod OBE FBA (born November 24, 1878 in Highgate , London , † February 21, 1974 in Birmingham ) was a British epigraphist . From 1905 to 1947 he was a tutor and lecturer at Oriel College of the University of Oxford .

Life

Marcus Niebuhr Tod was the second son of the tea merchant John Tod (1847–1916) and Gertrude Tod, b. von Niebuhr (1849–1889). He was the grandson of the Prussian civil servant Marcus von Niebuhr (1817-1860) and great-grandson of the ancient historian Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776-1831) on his mother's side .

Death attended Merchant Taylors' School in London and studied from 1897 to 1901 Ancient History and Classical Studies at St John's College of the University of Oxford . He then deepened his studies at the British School at Athens , where he was appointed deputy director and librarian in 1902. In 1903 he was made a Fellow of Oriel College at the University of Oxford; however, he did not take up this position until 1905. He kept in contact with the British School at Athens. From 1907 to 1939 he was a member of its Managing Committee.

He spent the rest of his career in Oxford, interrupted only by his service in the First World War : from 1915 to 1919 he served as a translator in Macedonia, most recently with the rank of captain, and received the Order of the British Empire and the Croix de guerre for his service with palm trees.

In Oxford, Tod worked as an assistant tutor (from 1914: tutor) at Oriel College and from 1907 to 1949 as a lecturer in Greek epigraphy. From 1929 to 1938 he was a senior tutor, from 1935 to 1946 Vice-Provost of the college. In 1940 he gave up the position of tutor. He retired in November 1947. Shortly thereafter, he moved with his wife to Birmingham to live with his daughter, where he continued his research into old age.

Marcus Niebuhr Tod's research focused on various aspects of Greek epigraphy. He wrote both easily understandable books and articles (including for the Encyclopedia Britannica ) as well as special studies that were groundbreaking, particularly in the field of numismatics and the Greek numerals . A few years after his death, his most important essays appeared in three edited volumes.

Tod received numerous honors for his services: in 1912 he received the Conington Prize of the University of Oxford for his work on the Greek Arbitration Court (published 1913). He was a member of the British Academy (from 1929), a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute (from 1905) and an honorary doctorate from the universities of Oxford, Birmingham , Dublin and Edinburgh .

Fonts (selection)

• with Alan Wace : A Catalog of the Sparta Museum . Oxford 1906.
• International Arbitration Amongst the Greeks . Oxford 1913.
• Sidelights on Greek History: Three Lectures on the Light Thrown by Greek Inscriptions on the Life and Thought of the Ancient World . Oxford 1932.
  • German edition by Gerhard Raabe and Gerhard Pfohl: Streiflichter on Greek history. Three lectures on the clues to be gained from Greek inscriptions about the life and thought of the ancient world . Darmstadt 1968.
• A Selection of Greek Historical Inscriptions . Two volumes, Oxford 1933–1948.
• Ancient Greek Numerical Systems. Six Studies . Chicago 1979 (reprint of six articles from the Annual of the British School at Athens and the Journal of Hellenic Studies ).
• Epigraphical Notes on Greek Coinage . Chicago 1979 (reprint of four articles from the Numismatic Chronicle , 1945–1955).
• The Progress of Greek Epigraphy 1937-1953 . Chicago 1979 (reprint of literature reviews from Journal of Hellenic Studies , 1939–1955).

literature

• An Address Presented to Marcus Niebuhr Tod on His Seventieth Birthday . Oxford 1948 (with list of publications).
• Gerhard Pfohl : MN death † . In: Anzeiger für die Altertumswwissenschaft , Volume 25 (1972), p. 384.
• Russell Meiggs : Marcus Niebuhr death . In: Proceedings of the British Academy . Volume 60 (1974), pp. 485-495 (with picture).
• Maurice Bowra : New Bats in Old Belfries, or: Some Loose Tiles . Oxford 2005, pp. 3-5.

Web links

• Literature by Marcus Niebuhr Tod in the catalog of the German National Library