Fischer, Hartwig

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Name (Latin)
Fischer, Hartwig
Date of birth
1962-12-14
Place of birth
Hamburg
Occupation
Art historians
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 90882621
Wikidata: Q1561814
Library of congress: n 86093672
Sources of Information
  • Graubner, G. Gotthard Graubner, 1986:
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Wikipedia description:

Hartwig Fischer (born 14 December 1962) is a German art historian and museum director. From April 2016 until his resignation in August 2023 following a theft scandal, he was the director of the British Museum, the first non-British head of the museum since 1866. From 2012 to 2016, he was director of the Dresden State Art Collections (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden).

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