Ernst von Sieglin (* 1848 in Stuttgart; "† 1927 in Stuttgart) were a Stuttgart entrepreneur, who engaged himself also as archaeologist and It made above all meaning donations for the archaeological collection of the Eberhard Karl university in

The businessman

Ernst von Sieglin made the Abitur at the Eberhard Ludwig High School in Stuttgart. After a commercial theory and training as the chemist he became a successful entrepreneur. The emphasis of its business was the production and skillful marketing of soap powder ("Dr. Thompsons soap powder"), by which it became very wealthy.

The antiquity researcher

The acquired fortune made possible to follow it Ernst von Sieglin its interests as archaeologist and He became lively of its seven years younger brother William of Sieglin, which had studied philology and history in grab forest and Leipzig and since 1898 extraordinary professor for historical geography in Leipzig was.

1898 financed Ernst von Sieglin for the first time an archaeological expedition to Alexandria in Egypt. Further excavations at different places in Egypt followed. Between 1906 and 1911 many finds from these expeditions of the university gave from Sieglin. 1904 it acquired a collection of over one hundred old Armenian handwriting and book painting for 5.000 roubles, in order to leave it the university library.

For the appreciation of his research and donations got by Sieglin the title of a secret yard advice lent. 1913 could be built it on a hill in the southeast of Stuttgart of the architect Heinrich Henes a mansion including tea house, marble hall and tennis court. The area is today part of the white castle park.

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