Georg Steindorff Collection 1937-1972

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Georg Steindorff Collection 1937-1972

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The collections contains Georg Steindorff's 1937 journal, calendars, various photographs and some biographical data.

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Universität Leipzig

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Steindorff, Georg, 1861-1951

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Georg Steindorff was born in Dessau in 1861 and is considered the most important Egyptologist from Germany of his era. The Egyptian Institute of the University of Leipzig was named in his honor in 2008. Georg Steindorff studied Egyptology and oriental languages in Göttingen and in 1893 began teaching at the University of Leipzig. In addition to his academic career in Leipzig, where he received various decorations and served as Dean and eventually Rector, his participated in numerous ground-break...