Bernhard Schweitzer

Bernhard Schweitzer (3 October 1892, Wesel 16 July 1966, Tübingen) was a German classical Archeologist.

Life

From 1911-1917, he studied in Heidelberg and Berlin Classical Archaeology and Classical Philology; He received his doctorate in 1917 in Heidelberg under Friedrich von Duhn with a thesis on "Studies on the chronology of the geometric styles in Greece I".[1] In 1921, Bernhard Schweitzer studied in Heidelberg and in 1925 received the promotion to a professor, he was appointed as the successor of Herbert Koch in Leipzig.

In November 1933, he was one of the signers of the Confession of professors at German universities and colleges to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist state. Schweitzer was not a member of the Nazi party, but joined only in 1937 in the Nazi People's Welfare.[2] In 1945, he became the first rector of the University of Leipzig to the end of the war. In 1948, he was the successor of Carl Watzinger at Tübingen, where he retired in 1960.

Writings

Literature

References

  1. "Bernhard Schweitzer - Dictionary of Art Historians". dictionaryofarthistorians.org. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  2. Helga A. Welsh: Entnazifizierung und Wiedereröffnung der Universität Leipzig 1945-1946. Ein Bericht des damaligen Rektors Professor Bernhard Schweitzer, In: Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, Jahrgang 33, 1985, Heft 2, S. 339-372: hier S. 339

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