# Hermann Board

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{{short description|German architect and art historian}}
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'''Hermann Board''' (13 October 1867 – 21 February 1918) was a German architect and [art historian](/source/art_historian).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kunst |first=Gesellschaft Für Christliche |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cIgRnQEACAAJ |title=Die Christliche Kunst; Monatsschrift Für Alle Gebiete Der Christlichen Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft Volume 14 |date=1917 |publisher=HardPress |isbn=978-1-313-94103-7 |pages=20 |language=de}}</ref>

== Life ==
Born in [Essen](/source/Essen), Board was the son of the master mason Hermann Board (d. 1869) and attended the municipal [Realschule](/source/Realschule) in Essen. He then completed a four-year apprenticeship as an architect and attended the municipal further education school in Essen, the commercial technical school in Cologne and the [Technische Hochschule](/source/Technische_Hochschule) in Charlottenburg (now [Technische Universität Berlin](/source/Technische_Universit%C3%A4t_Berlin)). Afterwards, he worked for seven years in the construction office of the mining company {{Ill|Krupp-Gussstahlfabrik|de}} and also taught in the construction classes of the municipal technical and further education schools in Essen. This was followed by four years as a self-employed architect in Essen before he completed his studies in art history at the [Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn](/source/Rheinische_Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universit%C3%A4t_Bonn) with [Paul Clemen](/source/Paul_Clemen), at the [University of Strasbourg](/source/University_of_Strasbourg) with [Georg Dehio](/source/Georg_Dehio) and at the [Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg](/source/Ruprecht-Karls-Universit%C3%A4t_Heidelberg) with [Henry Thode](/source/Henry_Thode). In 1903, he received his doctorate in Heidelberg with a [dissertation](/source/dissertation) on the church [St. Maria im Kapitol](/source/St._Maria_im_Kapitol) in Cologne. In the same year, he was succeeded by [Friedrich Schaarschmidt](/source/Friedrich_Schaarschmidt), curator of art collections, librarian and secretary of the [Kunstakademie Düsseldorf](/source/Kunstakademie_D%C3%BCsseldorf), where he also taught art history. In 1908 he received the title of professor.

Board died in Düsseldorf at the age of 51.

== Publications ==
* ''S. Maria im Kapitol zu Köln. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der frühromanischen Baukunst am Niederrhein''. Dissertation, Heidelberg 1904. ([https://archive.org/stream/smariaimkapitol00boargoog#page/n6/mode/2up Numerized])

== Further reading ==
* "Prof. Dr. Hermann Board †". In ''Deutsche Bauzeitung'', 52. Jahrgang 1918, {{p.|88}}.
* "Nekrolog". In ''Kunstchronik und Kunstmarkt, Wochenschrift für Kenner und Sammler'', 29, 1917/18, Sp. 221.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{DNB portal|107654150X}}

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Category:1867 births
Category:1918 deaths
Category:People from Essen
Category:Technische Universität Berlin alumni

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