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Minutoli, Heinrich, Freiherr von, 1772-1846

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Personal name headingMinutoli, Heinrich, Freiherr von, 1772-1846
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Variant(s)Von Minutoli, Heinrich, Freiherr, 1772-1846
Menu, Heinrich, Freiherr von Minutoli, 1772-1846
Minutoli, Johann Heinrich Carl, Freiherr von, 1772-1846
Minutoli, H. von, baron, 1772-1846
Minutoli, Johann Heinrich von, 1772-1846
Menu von Minutoli, Heinrich Carl, Baron 1772-1846
Menu, Johann Heinrich Karl, 1772-1846
Minutoli, C. v., Generallieutenant, 1772-1846
Minutoli, H. C. v., 1772-1846
Minutoli, General-Lieutenant von, 1772-1846
Minutoli, C. von, General, 1772-1846
Minutoli, Heinrich, Vrijheer van, 1772-1846
Associated countryGermany
Associated placeEgypt
Birth date1772
Death date1846
Place of birthGeneva (Switzerland)
Place of deathBerlin (Germany)
Field of activityAntiquities Archaeology
Profession or occupationExplorers Archaeologists Armed Forces--Officers Art--Collectors and collecting Authors
Found inCatalog einer Sammlung von antiken Kunstgegenständen aus dem Nachlasse des orientalischen Reisenden Heinrich Freiherrn von Minutoli, Königl. Preuss. General-Lieutenant, 1858: title page (Heinrich Freiherrn von Minutoli) page III (Mr. le baron H. von Minutoli)
Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie, 1995-2000 (Minutoli, Johann Heinrich von; born December 12, 1772, Geneva; died September 16, 1846, Berlin; Swiss; explorer, archaeologist, art collector, writer. Joined Prussian army in 1786 and suffered severe wound in 1794; later became tutor to sons of Friedrich Wilhelm III. Undertook archaeological expedition to Egypt, selling the yield of the excavations to the Prussian state in 1823. In the following years, supported excavations, museums, and associations for the promotion of the study of antiquities)
Wikipedia, German language version, viewed September 25, 2013 (Heinrich Menu von Minutoli; Johann Heinrich Karl Menu; from 1820: Freiherr von Minutoli. During transport from Egypt in 1822, most of his collection of Egyptian antiquities was lost in a shipwreck. 20 boxes, transported by land, reached Berlin and were purchased by the King of Prussia for 22,000 Taler, forming the foundation of the Egyptian Museum, Berlin)
OCLC, searched August 29, 2013 (Access points: Menu von Minutoli, Heinrich Carl, Baron; Minutoli, Heinrich C. (Heinrich Carl), Freiherr von, 1772-1846; Minutoli, Heinrich Carl Freiherr von, 1772-1846; Minutoli, Heinrich Karl, freiherr Menu von, 1772-1846; Minutoli, Heinrich M. von; Minutoli, Heinrich, baron von; Minutoli, Heinrich, Freiherr von, 1772-1846; Minutoli, Johann Heinrich Carl von, 1772-1846; Minutoli, Johann Heinrich Carl, Freiherr von, 1772-1846; Minutoli, Johann Heinrich Menu von, 1772-1846; Minutoli, Johann Heinrich, Freiherr von, 1772-1846; Minutoli, H. Freiherr Menu von, 1772-1846; Minutoli, H. M. von; Minutoli, Heinrich C. von; Minutoli, Heinrich Carl Menu von, Baron; Minutoli, Heinrich Carl von, Baron; Minutoli, Heinrich Vrijheer van. Usages: H. Frhr. Menu von Minutoli; Menu Minutoli; H. Frhr. Menu von Minutoli; Heinrich Freiherrn von Minutoli; Heinrich Freiherrn von Minutoli; Heinrich Vrijheer van Minutoli; Heinrich von Minutoli; H. von Minutoli; Heinrich C. von Minutoli; Generallieutenant C. v. Minutoli; v. Minutoli; H.C. v. Minutoli; General-Lieutenant von Minutoli; General C. von Minutoli)