Oskar Mertins

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Oskar Mertins

Oskar Theodor Mertins (born June 17, 1858 in Pillau , East Prussia , † May 14, 1909 in Breslau ) was a German teacher and prehistoric.

Life

Oskar Mertins passed the Abitur at the Tilsiter secondary school in 1878 . He studied at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin and the Kaiser-Wilhelms-Universität Strasbourg . In Strasbourg he served as a one-year volunteer in the Prussian Army in 1880/81 . It was in 1885 with a thesis on Robert Greene from the Silesian Friedrich-Wilhelms University for Dr. phil. PhD . After a probationary year in Tilsit, he became a teacher in Breslau in 1884, first at a secondary school, from 1889 senior teacher and professor (1902) for newer languages ​​at the Heilig-Geist-Gymnasium (Breslau) . In 1888 he became a member of the Association for the Museum of Silesian Antiquities and in 1894 a member of the board. From 1902 to 1907 he represented Wilhelm Grempler as chairman.

Works

Mertins published his essays in Silesia’s Prehistory in pictures and writing , including: Traces of the diluvial people in Silesia and its neighboring regions (Volume 6, 1894, pp. 68–86); Depot finds from the Bronze Age in Silesia (1896); Copper and bronze finds in Silesia (1898, additions 1899); Two Bronze Age burial grounds (1899); Stone Age tools and weapons in Silesia (1904). In addition, he published:

  • Robert Greene and The Play of George-a-Greene, the pinner of Wakefield. Buchdr. Lindner, Breslau 1885, also: Breslau, Philosophical Faculty, dissertation of October 10, 1885
  • The main prehistoric monuments of Silesia . Breslau 1891 (reprint from the 17th annual report of the Silesian Prov. Association of the Society for the Dissemination of Popular Education)
  • Guide to the prehistory of Silesia . Preuss & Jünger, Breslau 1906; 2nd edition, 1906

literature

  • Karl Masner and Hans Seger (eds.): Yearbook of the Silesian Museum for Applied Arts and Antiquities (= Silesian prehistory in pictures and writing. New series). Breslau 1909 and 1934, Volume 5, p. 273 ( Oskar Mertins † by Hans Seger, with picture), 274 (in the activity report for 1906/7 ); Volume 10, pp. 7 and 9 (in the article Seventy-five Years of Silesian Antiquities Association by Hans Seger, with picture)
  • Anton Bettelheim: Biographical Yearbook and German Nekrolog. 14th year, 1909, Reimer, Berlin 1913, col. 59 *

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personal data
SURNAME Mertins, Oskar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mertins, Oskar Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Pillau , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1909
Place of death Wroclaw