Otto Zerries
Otto Heinrich Josef Zerries (born July 22, 1914 in Pforzheim ; † May 4, 1999 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) was a German ethnologist and Americanist . The Indians of South America formed a focus of his work .
Zerries studied at the University of Frankfurt from 1934 and received his doctorate there in 1939. Since the winter semester of 1934/35 he was a member of the old Strasbourg fraternity Germania in Frankfurt am Main . War service and imprisonment followed. After his return in 1947, he taught at the University of Frankfurt. In 1956 he became head of the America Department of the State Ethnological Museum in Munich. In 1961 he completed his habilitation at the University of Munich, in 1967 he became a part-time professor in Munich. In 1979 he retired.
Fonts (selection)
- The buzzing wood. Study of the spread and significance of the buzz in cult (= studies on cultural studies 7). Strecker and Schröder, Stuttgart 1942, (at the same time: Frankfurt am Main, University, dissertation, 1942).
- Wild and bush spirits in South America. An investigation of the phenomena of hunting times in the culture of South American Indians (= studies on cultural studies 11). Steiner, Wiesbaden 1954.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Directory of the members of the Germania Strasbourg fraternity. Forays through the history of the fraternity Germania Strasbourg , without location, 2016, p. 134.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zerries, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zerries, Otto Heinrich Josef (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ethnologist and Americanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pforzheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 1999 |
| Place of death | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |