Max Pieper

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Max Pieper (born April 9, 1882 in Magdeburg , † May 31, 1941 in Berlin ) was a German Egyptologist and high school teacher.

Life

Max Pieper, the son of bank clerk Rudolf Pieper, grew up in Magdeburg and Berlin, where his father was transferred as a secret accountant . Max Pieper attended the pedagogy for the monastery of Our Lady in Magdeburg and studied classical philology and history at the Berlin University from 1900 to 1905 . Influenced by Adolf Erman , he developed a keen interest in Egyptian history and culture during his studies, with which he occupied himself all his life. On November 19, 1904, he was awarded the title The Kings of Egypt between the Middle and New Kingdoms. phil. PhD . On February 21, 1905, he passed the first state examination in Latin, Greek and history.

After graduating, Pieper worked in the Berlin school service. He completed his seminar year at the Askanischen Gymnasium (1905/06), his probation year at the Gymnasium Steglitz (1906/07). He then worked as a senior teacher at the Königstädtisches Realgymnasium until 1927 . In 1927 he switched to the first municipal college in Berlin, 1928 to the municipal grammar school in Berlin, 1931 to the grammar school Schöneberg, 1932 to the Leibniz grammar school. In the course of the Professional Civil Service Act , he was given early retirement on June 1, 1934 with a reduced salary.

In addition to his work in the school service, Pieper wrote works on Egyptian cultural and literary history. His books Die ägyptische Literatur (1927) and Das ägyptische Märchen (1935) received particular attention . In addition, he wrote numerous articles for the real encyclopedia of classical antiquity .

Fonts (selection)

  • The kings of Egypt between the Middle and New Kingdom . Berlin 1904 (dissertation)
  • The board game of the ancient Egyptians and its meaning for the Egyptian cult of the dead . Berlin 1909 (school program)
  • with Max Burchardt : Handbook of Egyptian royal names . Leipzig 1912
  • Egyptian literature . Wildlife Park Potsdam 1927
  • The great inscription of King Neferhotep in Abydos: A contribution to Egyptian religious and literary history . Leipzig 1929 ( notifications from the Near East-Egyptian Society 32.2)
  • The Egyptian fairy tale. Origin and aftermath of the oldest fairy tale poetry up to the present day . Leipzig 1935 ( Morgenland 27)

literature

  • Archive for Orient Research . Volume 14 (1941), p. 236
  • Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . 5th Edition (1941), Volume 2
  • Journal of the German Oriental Society . Volume 95 (1941), p. 464
  • ML Bierbrier: Who was who in Egyptology. Third revised Edition, London 1995, p. 334

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personal data
SURNAME Pieper, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pieper, Gustav Rudolf Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Egyptologist and high school teacher
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1941
Place of death Berlin