Uvo Hölscher (Egyptologist)

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Uvo Adolf Hölscher (born October 30, 1878 in Norden (East Friesland) , † February 21, 1963 in Hanover ) was a German architect , building researcher and Egyptologist .

Life

Hölscher was the son of the Protestant pastor and theologian Wilhelm Hölscher . He completed his studies at the Technical University of Hanover in 1902 as a graduate engineer . In 1906 he became a government master builder ( assessor in the public building management) and worked with Ludwig Borchardt in Abusir , then on the pyramid complex of King Chephren and in 1910 in Amarna . In 1909 he received his doctorate in engineering in Berlin . In 1911 he became a lecturer in architecture at the Technical University of Hanover, specializing in early Germanic and early Christian art, architectural drawing, architectural form theory and the design of simple buildings. From 1914 to 1916 he carried out excavations in the imperial palace of Goslar . In 1918 he was appointed professor. From 1919 he also taught ancient architecture and from 1920 perspective drawing.

From 1924 to 1929, Hölscher was Karl Mohrmann's part-time consistorial builder of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hanover . Between 1926 and 1937 he was on leave from lectures in the winter semester and led the excavations of the mortuary temple of King Ramses III. in Medinet Habu for the Oriental Institute of Chicago . Since 1929 he was a full member of the Archaeological Institute of the German Empire in Berlin.

In 1937 Hölscher received a full professorship for building history at the Technical University of Hanover. On October 1, 1947, he was retired.

Fonts

  • The funerary monument of King Chephren. Publications of the Ernst von Sieglin expedition in Egypt I. Leipzig 1912 ( PDF ).
  • The Kaiserpfalz Goslar . Contributions to the history of the city of Goslar, Goslar fund. Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Berlin 1927 (reprint Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, Bielefeld 1996, ISBN 3895341754 ).
  • The high gate of Medinet Habu: A building history study (= WVDOG 12). Hinrichs, Leipzig 1910; New edition, Biblio-Verlag 1984. ISBN 3764826339
  • Excavations at Ancient Thebes, 1930/31 (= Oriental Institute Communications 15). Chicago, 1932.
  • The recovery of Medinet Habu in western Thebes . Leipzig: Hinrich, 1933; New edition, Verlag Wasmuth, 1958.
  • The Excavation of Medinet Habu, 1: General Plans and Views OIP 21. Chicago, 1934.
  • The Temples of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Excavations of Medinet Habu 2. OIP 41. Chicago 1939.
  • The Mortuary Temple of Ramses III. Excavations of Medinet Habu 3. OIP 54. Chicago 1941.
  • The Mortuary Temple of Ramses III. Excavations of Medinet Habu 4. OIP 55. Chicago 1951.
  • The Excavation of Medinet Habu, 5: Post-Ramessid Remains . OIP 66. Chicago, 1954.
  • with Harold H. Nelson: Medinet Habu, 1924-1928 . OIC 5. Chicago, 1929.
  • with Harold H. Nelson: Work in Western Thebes, 1931-33 . OIC 18. Chicago, 1934.

literature

  • Uvo Höscher: (autobiographical). In: Ernst Walter Andrae: Koldewey Society, Association for Building History Research eV About its founders, their history and their goals. Festschrift for the 80th birthday. Braun et al., Karlsruhe et al. 1955, pp. 9-13.
  • Rita Seidel: Catalogus Professorum 1831–1981 (= Festschrift for the 150th anniversary of the University of Hanover. Volume 2). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Cologne / Mainz 1981, ISBN 3-17-007321-4 , p.?.
  • Morris L. Bierbrier: Who was who in Egyptology . 4th revised edition. Egypt Exploration Society, London 2012, ISBN 978-0-85698-207-1 , pp. 261-262.

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personal data
SURNAME Hölscher, Uvo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hölscher, Uvo Adolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German building researcher and Egyptologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH North (East Frisia)
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1963
Place of death Hanover