Alfred Wiedemann [SEP] date of birth
Alfred Wiedemann
Alfred Wiedemann (18 July 1856, Berlin – 7 December 1936, Bad Godesberg) was a German Egyptologist. He was the son of physicist Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann and the younger brother of physicist Eilhard Wiedemann. He was a son-in-law to psychiatrist Carl Maria Finkelnburg (1832–1896).
He studied Egyptology and classical history at the Universities of Leipzig, Berlin, Paris and Tübingen, obtaining his PhD in October 1878 at Leipzig. In 1882 he became habilitated for Egyptology and ancient Near Eastern history at
km and 25.000 in altitude (achieved after his 80th birthday). He lives in London.
Selected works.
- "The Birth and Rebirth of Pictorial Space", London : Faber and Faber, 1957.
- book reviewed by Alfred Neumeyer in "The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism", Vol. 17, No. 1 (Sep., 1958), pp. 130–131, Blackwell Publishing on behalf of The American Society for Aesthetics
- "Art and Architecture in Italy, 1250 to