Joseph Hatzidakis
| Dr Joseph Hatzidakis | |||||||
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| Born | 1848 | ||||||
| Died | 1930 | ||||||
| Residence | Museum, Candia, Crete | ||||||
| Occupation |
medical archaeologist museum work | ||||||
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1922.11.21 The following were nominated for election as Honorary Fellows (three vacancies) Dr Hugo Obermaier, Dr L. de Vasconcellos, Prof. H. Fairfield Osborne, Dr Paolo Orsi, Dr J.L. Pic, Dr Passits, Dr Hazzodatis
death noted in the Report of the Council for 1930 [which is curious, perhaps it is not the same man as in the 'Information from elsewhere" although it seems right]
Notes From Elsewhere
Iosif Chatzidakis ( Greek Ιωσήφ Χατζηδάκης , also in the transcription Joseph Chatzidakes or Joseph Hatzidakis , born 1848 in Milos , † February 16, 1936 in Heraklion ) was a Greek physician and archaeologist .
In 1881 he came to the then still Ottoman Heraklion in Crete , the home of his parents, where he worked as a doctor and gynecologist .
In 1883 he became chairman of the Educational Association of Heraklion ( Greek Φιλεκπαιδευτικός Σύλλογος Ηρακλείου ), at times also mayor of the city. Together with Stefanos Xanthoudidis he founded the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion and was its first director from 1883 to 1923. He was also the first Ephoros of the antiquities of Crete. Iosif Chatzidakis conducted in 1884 first investigations on the Idean Grotto . In 1886 followed the cave of Eileithyia . After the founding of the Cretan State in 1898 he drafted the law of antiquity. In 1900 he carried out the first excavations in Knossos . In 1903, the Austrian Archaeological Institute elected him a corresponding member. From 1902 to 1913 he carried out excavations in Tyllisos . In 1912 he explored the cave of Arkalochori. In 1915 he released a grave from the pre- palace period in Gournes Pediados. From 1915 to 1920 he led the excavations at the Palace of Malia
Heraklion Archaeological Museum. The museum began in 1883 as a simple collection of antiquities.A dedicated building was constructed from 1904 to 1912 at the instigation of two Cretan archaeologists, Iosif Hatzidakis and Stefanos Xanthoudidis.
