Person

Ernst Waldschmidt

Ernst Waldschmidt, Source: Wikimedia Commons

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Kunsthistoriker, Philologe, Indologe, Genealoge

Born
15. Juli 1897 , Lünen
Died
25. Februar 1985 , Göttingen
Place of action / place(s) of activity
Kiel, Göttingen
Further information
Studium in Kiel und Berlin; 1924 Kustos am Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin und Leiter der indischen Sammlungen; 1936 o. Professor für Indologie in Göttingen; seit 1937 o. Mitglied der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen; 1937 Eintritt in die NSDAP; 1968 Begründer der Stiftung Ernst Waldschmidt in Berlin