Author Biography |
was a German librarian and orientalist. Wilhelm Pertsch studied Oriental language in Berlin and Tubingen and then undertook a nine-month study trip to Paris, London and Oxford. In October 1855 he began working at the Gotha Ducal Library at Schloss Friedenstein, beginning his almost 25 years of work on the 3300 oriental manuscripts of the Gotha Library, which he cataloged in eight volumes and made accessible to scholars. In addition, Pertsch edited the Persian and Turkish manuscripts of the Prussian State Library in Berlin. In 1874 Pertsch took over the management of the Munzkabinett in Gotha. His excellent language skills and his care in determining and describing the coins were invaluable advantages of his work in numismatic field. So he also understood how to establish the connection between coin finds and historical statements. In 1879 he was appointed senior librarian. In 1883 he was appointed director of the scientific institutes at Schloss Friedenstein. He was from 1888 Corresponding Member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences and a full member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences of Leipzig. |