Paul Jonas Meier

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Paul Jonas Meier (born January 22, 1857 in Magdeburg , † February 11, 1946 in Braunschweig ) was a German teacher, numismatist and director of the Ducal Museum in Braunschweig from 1901 to 1924 .

Life

Meier first studied Classical Philology in Tübingen , then Classical Philology and Classical Archeology at the University of Bonn . To the Dr. phil. After receiving his doctorate, he completed a probationary year at the Ducal Gymnasium Martino-Katharineum from August 1882 , after which he was employed there as an assistant teacher. This teaching activity was interrupted at Michaelis 1883 in order to undertake a trip for scientific purposes to Italy and Greece as a scholarship holder of the German Reich. In the fall of 1884 he returned, was appointed grammar school teacher and switched to the Herzogliche Neue Gymnasium, which is now the Wilhelm Gymnasium, which was founded on October 26, 1885 as the daughter school of the Martino-Katharineum .

In parallel to his school service, Meier was employed at the Herzogliches Museum Braunschweig, today's Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum , from 1886 , where, as the successor to Julius Menadier , he was in charge of the coin cabinet and the collections of gems and plaster casts, and from 1887 held the educational seminar of the TH Braunschweig lectures on archeology and art history. He became museum inspector on May 1, 1888 and was no longer a proper teacher from that point on. As an assistant teacher, however, he taught students of the two upper classes in the understanding of the Greek classics and in history until Easter 1892. He then devoted himself entirely to the task assigned to him by the ducal state ministry of identifying the architectural and art monuments of the state of Braunschweig and examining them for their historical and artistic value. The multi-volume publication of the same name appeared between 1904 and 1922. Meier published the volume Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt Braunschweig together with Karl Steinacker , who had been a student there until 1891 while Meier was teaching at the Ducal New High School. phil. received his doctorate and from 1901 supported Meier as a research assistant, later as a museum inspector, until he himself became scientific director of the Vaterländisches Museum, the forerunner of today's Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum, in 1910.

In 1894 Meier received the title of professor; In 1901 he succeeded Herman Riegel (1834–1900) as museum director. Under Meier's directorate, the collection of coins and porcelain in the Ducal Museum was expanded through new acquisitions, although only limited financial resources were available. He had halls set up for the plaster casts.

From 1889 to 1902 he was chairman of the Braunschweig Numismatic Evening , a numismatic society that has been documented since 1888. In 1904 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . He had held the title of Privy Councilor since 1911.

Meier's tombstone in the Reformed Cemetery

Meier retired in 1924. His successor as director of the Ducal Museum was the art historian Eduard Flechsig . Meier died in Braunschweig in 1946 and was buried in the Reformed Congregation's cemetery there. Paul-Jonas-Meier-Straße in the Gliesmarode district is named after him.

His son Burkhard Meier (1885–1946) also became an art historian and later a publisher for Deutscher Kunstverlag . Meier's grandson Christian Meier also studied Classical Philology and Classical Archeology.

Fonts (selection)

  • Critical remarks on Euripides' Bacches. (Scientific treatise) in: Scientific supplements to the news about the Herzogliche Gymnasium Martino-Katharineum in Braunschweig. Easter 1885. Joh. Heinr. Meyer, Braunschweig 1885, pp. 3–13 .
  • Selected elegies by Albius Tibullus. With explanatory notes for use in school. (Scientific treatise) on: School news from the Ducal New High School in Braunschweig. From Michaelis 1887 to Easter 1889. Schwetschke und Sohn, Braunschweig 1889, ( digitized ).
  • with Karl Steinacker : The architectural and art monuments of the Duchy of Braunschweig. (Volume 6: The architectural and art monuments of the state of Braunschweig. 6 (in 7) volumes. Zwissler, Wolfenbüttel 1896–1922.
  • Work and effect of the master Konrad von Soest (= Westphalia. Special issue. 1, ISSN  0342-4170 ). Coppenrath, Münster 1921.
  • The Welf Treasure. In: Braunschweigische Heimat. Vol. 20, No. 1, 1929, ISSN  2198-0225 , pp. 18-32 .
  • The sculptor's handicrafts in the city of Braunschweig since the Reformation (= work pieces from the museum, archive and library of the city of Braunschweig. 8, ISSN  0175-3371 ). Appelhaus, Braunschweig 1936, doi : 10.24355 / dbbs.084-201712211625 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ De Gladiatura Romana Quaestiones selectae. sn Bonn 1881, (Dissertation, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 824-dtl-0000023500 ).
  2. ^ School management and staff of the Wilhelm-Gymnasium (ed.): Festschrift for the 100th anniversary of the Wilhelm-Gymnasium. = 100 years of Wilhelm-Gymnasium Braunschweig. 1885-1985. Hans Oeding, Braunschweig 1985, p. 63.
  3. ↑ a b Ducal New High School in Braunschweig: Annual report of the Ducal New High School in Braunschweig. From Easter 1892 to Easter 1893. Johann Heinrich Meyer, Braunschweig 1893, p. 20 u. 21st
  4. ↑ a b Reinhold Wex: On the history of the numismatic evening Braunschweig. In: Reinhold Wex (Hrsg.): Contributions to the medieval history of coins and money in Lower Saxony (= Braunschweiger Werkstücke. 120 = Braunschweiger Werkstücke. Series A, 61). Uwe Krebs, Wendeburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-932030-80-2 , pp. 11–31, here pp. 14, 17.
  5. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 164.

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personal data
SURNAME Meier, Paul Jonas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1946
Place of death Braunschweig