| Code | DS/UK/2287 |
| Dates | 1900-1941 |
| Person Name | Meier; Hans (1900-1941); Dr. phil. |
| Surname | Meier |
| Forenames | Hans |
| Title | Dr. phil. |
| Activity | Medievalist and Warburg Librarian until his death in an air raid in 1941. |
| Relationships | Son of Karl Meier (1873-1915) and Johanne Meier née Sachse (1874-?). |
| History | studied at Realgymnasium in Gelsenkirchen, then Christianeum in Hamburg-Altona; studied History and Law; joined the Warburg Library staff (1926); was appointed research assistant whilst working on doctoral thesis (1926); transcribed entirety of Michael Scot's 'Liber introductorius' (c. 1920s); passed PhD with analysis of sources of Trithemius' 'Liber de scriptoribus ecclesiasticis' (1929); studied in England (1931-1932); moved to London with the Warburg (1933); killed in London air raid (1941). |
| Source | JWCI IV 1940-41 [WIA CVs and Biographies file]
Eleonora Andriani, 'Michael Scot and The Warburg Institute' (website, 2024), https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/blog/michael-scot-and-warburg-institute [DoA 07/08/2025]
"Meier, Hans." Dictionary of Art Historians (website). https://arthistorians.info/meierh/ [DoA 07/08/2025]
Cast, David, 'Germany/ England: inside/outside', Journal of Art Historiography 23 (2020)
WIA I.21.2.1 [CV of Hans Meier] |
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