Peter Snoy

Peter Snoy (born September 23, 1928 in Stuttgart ; † January 17, 2012 in Ostfildern ) was a German ethnologist.

Life

Snoy was born in Stuttgart in 1928 and spent his childhood and youth there. In 1948 he graduated from school and trained as a carpenter.

In 1951 Peter Snoy finally began studying at the Frobenius Institute in Frankfurt am Main . His teachers included Adolf Ellegard Jensen and Helmut Petri (1907–1986). During his studies, Snoy was taught not only a historical approach, but also the relevance of material culture. Snoy developed a regional focus on Asia and therefore attended lectures by Adolf Friedrich and Carl Hentze . During his studies, Peter Snoy also accompanied Adolf Friedrich, Karl Jettmar and Georg Buddruss on their field research trip to Afghanistan . He helped collect ethnographic material and was particularly interested in linguistic matters.

In 1962, Snoy completed his studies with the achievement of the doctorate. He then took part in another field research trip to Badakshan in Afghanistan. This was initiated by the Linden Museum in Stuttgart. In addition, Snoy got an assistant position in the department for anthropology and African studies in Mainz and began to teach, one of his topics, for example, was material culture. The department was chaired by Karl Jettmar. When he was appointed chairman of the department for cultural and social anthropology at the South Asia Institute of Heidelberg University in 1964 , he was accompanied by Peter Snoy.

1967 Snoy became head of the institute department in Kabul . There he gave lectures and also organized further field research in Afghanistan. In 1971 Snoy returned to Heidelberg and taught there until his retirement in 1993.

Peter Snoy died on January 17th, 2012 in Ostfildern.

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• www.germananthropology.com