| Code | DS/UK/512 |
| Dates | 11/09/1889-05/02/1961 |
| Person Name | Bossert; Helmuth Theodor (11/09/1889-05/02/1961); Prof.Dr.h.c. |
| Surname | Bossert |
| Forenames | Helmuth Theodor |
| Title | Prof.Dr.h.c. |
| Activity | Art historian and Archaeologist. Professor at the University of Istanbul (Lehrstuhl für Altkleinasiatische Sprachen und Kulturen; 1934-); Prof.h.c (Freiburg, 1959). |
| Relationships | Married twice. Second wife's name is Hürmüz; his daughter from his first marriage is Eva-Maria Fischer-Bossert. |
| History | Studied art history, history, archaeology and German studies in Heidelberg, Strasbourg, Munich and Freiburg i. Br.; Doctorate in Freiburg; War service; briefly works as editor with Wasmuth Verlag Berlin, after loosing his job there he specialises on hieroglyphs; receives grants to join the excavations at Bogazköy, Turkey (1933); with Halet Çambel and Bahadir Alkim discovers the ruins in Karatepe near Adana, providing the basis for the decoding of 'Hieroglyphenluwisch'; excavations in Misis (1955-) |
| Source | Kurt Bittel: Reisen und Ausgrabungen in Ägypten, Kleinasien, Bulgarien und Griechenland 1930–1934, Stuttgart 1998; 'Helmuth Theodor Bossert', URL: <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmuth_Theodor_Bossert> [accessed 24/11/2010] |
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