Person

Bernhard Hagen

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Arzt, Ethnologe, Anthropologe, Forschungsreisender

Born

23. November 1853 , Germersheim

Died

3. Mai 1919 , Frankfurt am Main

Place of action / place(s) of activity

Papua-Neuguinea, Sumatra, Bismarckarchipel, Frankfurt am Main

Institutional affiliation

Städtisches Völker-Museum, Frankfurter Anthropologische Gesellschaft, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Kaiserlich Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher

Further information

Ab 1879 Plantagenarzt in Deli auf Sumatra, führte dort auch Expeditionen durch. Ab 1893 Arzt bei der Astrolabe-Compagnie in Neuguinea. 1900 Mitgründer der Frankfurter Anthropologische Gesellschaft, daraus 1904 Gründung des Städtische Völkerkundemuseum. Bis 1919 dessen Leiter. 1914 Honorarprofessor für Anthropologie an der Universität Frankfurt; Hofrat.

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Bernhard Hagen

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