Erich Wittkugel (Q112845727)
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merchant and museum collector (late 19th - early 20th C.)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Erich Wittkugel |
merchant and museum collector (late 19th - early 20th C.) |
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Aus der Geschraftswelt. Im Bozner Handelsregister wurde die Firma „E. Wittkugel, Obstversand“, zum Betriebe einer Obsthandlung in Meran mit dem Inhaber Erich Wittkugel einge tragen. [Der Burggräfler, 1904.08.17, p. 6] (German)
2 July 2022
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Erich Wittkugel can be identified as the first agent who assembled a collection of antiquities in Honduras that was acquired wholesale by a museum. (English)
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... credited as a source of mammal, bird, and entomological specimens acquired by museums in the United States and Germany (English)
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Han lär ha bott en period i staden San Pedro Sula (Swedish)
In 1896, George Byron Gordon, ... visited the city of San Pedro Sula ... His field notes, and German publications (Sapper 1898; von den Steinen 1900), indicate that he learned where to excavate from a German living in San Pedro, Erich Wittkugel... (English)
1904
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die Firma „E. Wittkugel, Obstversand“, zum Betriebe einer Obsthandlung in Meran mit dem Inhaber Erich Wittkugel einge tragen (German)
1888
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Sapper (1898) notes that Wittkugel began his explorations of Travesia in 1888. (English)
2 July 2022
Today, the area where Wittkugel worked, and around which Gordon conducted his excavations, is recognised as Travesia (English)