| Code | DS/UK/369 |
| Dates | 21/08/1880-05/01/1945 |
| Person Name | Waetzoldt; Wilhelm (21/08/1880-05/01/1945); Prof. Dr. phil. |
| Surname | Waetzoldt |
| Forenames | Wilhelm |
| Title | Prof. Dr. phil. |
| Activity | 1908-1909 assistant at the Kunsthistorisches Institute in Florence; 1909-1911 Bibliothek Warburg (Hamburg); 1911 Keeper of the library of the State Museums of Berlin; 1912 appointed Professor of Modern Art History at the University of Halle, replacing his mentor Adolph Goldschmidt; 1920 assigned to the Preußischen Kultusministerium (Prussian Ministry of Culture). 1927-1933 Director General of the State Museums of Berlin. 1929 named a Senator of the Preußischen Akademie der Künste (Prussian Academy of Arts). |
| Relationships | Married to Margarete [Grete], née Noack; son Stephan Waetzoldt, one daughter. |
| History | studied Philology, Philosophy, Literature and History (Berlin, Magdeburg, Hamburg); studied Art History from 1901 (Berlin), first under the medievalist Adolph Goldschmidt and then under Heinrich Wölfflin; 1903 Ph.D. dissertation on the philosphy Friedrich Hebbel (1813-1863), written under Wilhelm Dilthey (Berlin). |
| Source | Wilhelm Waetzold: URL: <http://www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org/waetzoldtw.htm> [accessed 05/10/2010]. |
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