| Code | DS/UK/1407 |
| Dates | 11/10/1885-19/05/1964 |
| Person Name | Homburger; Otto [Sigmund] (11/10/1885-19/05/1964); Prof. Dr. phil. |
| Surname | Homburger |
| Forenames | Otto [Sigmund] |
| Title | Prof. Dr. phil. |
| Activity | Art Historian. Assistant at the University of Berlin (1912-1913); assistant at Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe (1919), then custos (1924) and Director of the museum (1926-1927); Honorary Professor at the University of Marburg (1930-1935); Honorary Professor at the University of Bern. |
| Relationships | Son of Dr.med. Leopold Homburger, doctor. |
| History | Studied law (1 semester), History of Art, Archaeology, Philosophy, Medieval History and Palaeography in Munich, Berlin and Halle (1904-1911); doctoral dissertation (1912); emigrated to Switzerland (1936). |
| Source | Wendland, Ulrike. Biographisches Handbuch deutschsprachiger Kunsthistoriker im Exil: Leben und Werk der unter dem Nationalsozialismus verfolgten und vertriebenen Wissenschaftler. Munich: Saur, 1999, vol. 1, pp. 320-323; [obituary:] Wormald, Francis. "Otto Homburger." Burlington Magazine 106 (November 1964): 513. |
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