Ernst Sprockhoff

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Ernst Sprockhoff

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Archeology

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Why Is Ernst Sprockhoff Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Ernst Sprockhoff was a German prehistorian and inventor of the Sprockhoff numbering system for megalithic monuments in Germany. Life Sprockhoff was born on 6 August 1892 in Berlin. He started as a teacher before the first World War. After the war he completed his abitur during his captivity as a prisoner of war and in 1920 started to study prehistory at Friedrich-Wilhelm University in Berlin. He was graduated in 1924 by Max Ebert at the University of Königsberg. From 1926 to 1928 he was employed at the Provincial Museum of Hanover and from 1928 to 1935 at the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum in Mainz. In 1922 Sprockhoff became a member of the Reichsbund für Deutsche Vorgeschichte, in 1931 an associate member and in 1934 a full member of the German Archaeological Institute. In 1935 he succeeded Gerhard Bersu, who was forced by the Nazi Government to resign his post, as head of the Römisch-Germanische Kommission in Frankfurt, initially as second director later to be promoted first director in 1937. He held the position until 1945. In 1942 he joined the Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften as a corresponding member.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Ernst Sprockhoff?

Ernst Sprockhoff is affiliated with the following schools:

• Kiel University
• University of Hamburg