Siegfried Schott

Siegfried Schott (born August 20, 1897 in Berlin , † October 29, 1971 in Innsbruck ) was a German Egyptologist .

He studied Egyptology in Heidelberg , where he in 1926 with the work of studies on the history of writing of the Pyramid Texts doctorate was. As early as the early 1920s he was active as a painter, graphic artist and poet and wrote resignations for the publication organ of Expressionism . In 1938 four of his works were shown at the Berlin exhibition Degenerate Art .

From 1929 to 1931 he worked as an assistant at the Egyptian Museum in Berlin and at the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo (1929-1931), then until 1937 he worked as an epigraphist at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago in Luxor . In 1938 Schott completed his habilitation in Göttingen and, after Hermann Ranke was dismissed in 1938, he took over the representation of the Heidelberg professorship, from 1938 to 1943 as lecturer, from 1943 to 1945 as adjunct professor. However, his work in Heidelberg was interrupted by military service in North Africa from 1939 to 1942. After 1945 he was dismissed because of his membership in various National Socialist organizations (including the NSDAP since November 1, 1932 ). From 1952 to 1957 Schott was associate professor, from 1957 to 1966 full professor of Egyptology at the University of Göttingen .

literature

• Morris L. Bierbrier: Who was Who in Egyptology . Third revised edition. The Egypt Exploration Society, London 1995, ISBN 0-85698-125-7 , p. 380.
• Angelos Chaniotis , Ulrich Thaler: Classical Studies . In: Wolfgang Uwe Eckart, Volker Sellin , Eike Wolgast (eds.): The University of Heidelberg in National Socialism . Springer, Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 3-540-21442-9 , pp. 406, 412. ( online )
• Alfred Grimm:  Schott, Siegfried Hugo Erdmann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 496 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Erika Schott, Alfred Grimm : Siegfried Schott (1897–1971). Directory of his writings . In: Göttinger Miscellen. Volume 57, 1982, ISSN  0344-385X , pp. 79-87.
• Susanne Voss: The history of the Cairo department of the DAI in the field of tension of German political interests , Volume 2: 1929-1966 (= People - Cultures - Traditions Vol. 8, 2). Publishing house Marie Leihdorf, Rahden / Westf. 2017, ISBN 978-3-86757-396-2 pp. 117-120.

Web links

• Literature by and about Siegfried Schott in the catalog of the German National Library
• The digital Schott archive

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Museum of Modern Art in New York owns works by the artist from this period. MoMA website .
2. ↑ No receipt.