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Swedish archeologist
Hans Olof Hildebrand Hildebrand
(5 April 1842 ? 2 February 1913) was a Swedish archeologist. He is internationally known as one of the pioneers of the archaeological technique of
typology
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Biography
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Born in Stockholm, he was the son of
Bror Emil Hildebrand
and Anna Mathilda Ekecrantz. He was the brother of historian Emil Hildebrand (1848-1919).
Hildebrand became a student in
Uppsala University
in 1860, graduated with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1865 and was promoted the following year to a doctor of philosophy. During the years 1870?1871, he made a trip abroad under a travel scholarship.
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Hildebrand, along with his father and his colleague
Oscar Montelius
(1843-1921), is considered to have been one of the fathers of Swedish archaeology. He worked both in
archaeology
and
numismatics
, mainly of the High and Late
Middle Ages
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Between 1895 and 1913, Hildebrand was Director-General of the
Swedish Academy
. From 1879 to 1907 he was also Secretary to the
Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
and Custodian of the
Swedish National Heritage Board
(
Riksantikvarieambetet
). Whilst at the Academy of Letters he contributed to the foundation of the journal
Fornvannen
. He was a member of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
from 1891.
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He gave the
Rhind Lectures
in 1896, on "Industrial arts of Scandinavia in pagan times".
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Personal life
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He married Elin Maria Charlotta Martin in 1867. He was the father of historian Karl Hildebrand (1870-1952) and philanthropist Hedvig Elisabeth Carlander (1875-1961).
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