Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Werner_Kissling> ?p ?o }
- Werner_Kissling abstract "Werner Friedrich Theodor Kissling (or Kißling) (11 April 1895, Breslau, Germany – 3 February 1988, Dumfries, Scotland) was an amateur ethnographer and amateur photographer. He left a rich legacy of photographs and film of the traditional customs and crafts of various world communities, a legacy, which today, now forms a remarkable, valuable record of ‘ways of life’, which have now vanished. The communities that he studied include, the crofters of Eriskay and South Uist, Scotland, the farmers and fisherfolk of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, the Māori of New Zealand, and the craftsmen of North Yorkshire, England.Kissling was an intriguing figure, who, though born into an aristocratic, land-owning family, managed to ‘dispose’ of his multi-million pound inheritance and die penniless in a Dumfries old folk’s home. In his twenties, as a young German diplomat, he was rich, had social status and had an apparent, assured career in front of him. Yet he chose to turn his back on all the privileges that life had afforded him, and pursue his amateur interests in ethnography and photography.Kissling is best known for the short film, “Eriskay - A Poem of Remote Lives”, which is based on his unique footage, shot in 1934, of crofting life on the island of Eriskay in the Western Isles of Scotland. His mother, Johanna, was a central figure in his life. In 1905, she had toured the Western Isles (the Outer Hebrides and St Kilda), and, from there, she had sent a postcard to her 10-year-old son, Werner, back in Germany. When Kissling died, 83 years later, that same postcard would still be in his possession, found in his single suitcase, in his room.".
- Werner_Kissling alias "Kißling, Werner".
- Werner_Kissling birthDate "1895-04-11".
- Werner_Kissling birthPlace Germany.
- Werner_Kissling birthPlace Wrocław.
- Werner_Kissling birthYear "1895".
- Werner_Kissling deathDate "1988-02-03".
- Werner_Kissling deathPlace Dumfries.
- Werner_Kissling deathPlace Scotland.
- Werner_Kissling deathYear "1988".
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageExternalLink The_Māori_photographs_of_Werner_Kissling.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageExternalLink werner_kissling.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageExternalLink film.cfm?fid=1701&search_term=eriskay&search_join_type=AND&search_fuzzy=yes.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageExternalLink b00nshzk).
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageExternalLink search_results.aspx?orig=%2Fresearch%2Fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx&searchText=kissling&fromDate=&fromadbc=ad&toDate=&toadbc=ad&x=16&y=11.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageExternalLink images1.htm.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageID "8256279".
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageLength "15153".
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageOutDegree "64".
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageRevisionID "660038646".
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink 20_July_plot.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Adolf_Hitler.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Bagno,_Lower_Silesian_Voivodeship.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Berlin.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Blackhouse.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Cambridge.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Category:1895_births.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Category:1988_deaths.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Category:German_documentary_filmmakers.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Category:German_ethnologists.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Category:German_photographers.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_interned_in_the_Isle_of_Man_during_World_War_II.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Category:Scottish_Gaelic_language.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Dumfries.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Edward_VIII.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink England.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Eriskay.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Eriskay_Pony.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Ethnography.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Galloway.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Germany.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Głubczyce.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Hungary.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Isle_of_Man.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Kaliningrad.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Königsberg.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Latvia.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink League_of_Nations.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Leica_Camera.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Lewis.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink London.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Marquess_of_Londonderry.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Melrose,_Scottish_Borders.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Michael_Russell_(politician).
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Māori_people.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Nazism.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink New_Zealand.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Outer_Hebrides.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Photographer.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Poland.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Prince_of_Wales.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Ramsay_MacDonald.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Burns.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Russia.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink School_of_Scottish_Studies.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Scotland.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Scottish_Borders.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Scottish_Gaelic.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Scottish_National_Party.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Silesia.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink South_Uist.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Spain.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink St_Kilda,_Scotland.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Switzerland.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink United_Kingdom.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink University_of_Leeds.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Vienna.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Weimar_Republic.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink World_War_I.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Wrocław.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLink Yorkshire.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageWikiLinkText "Werner Kissling".
- Werner_Kissling alternativeNames "Kißling, Werner".
- Werner_Kissling dateOfBirth "1895-04-11".
- Werner_Kissling dateOfDeath "1988-02-03".
- Werner_Kissling name "Kissling, Werner".
- Werner_Kissling placeOfBirth "Breslau, Germany".
- Werner_Kissling placeOfDeath "Dumfries, Scotland".
- Werner_Kissling shortDescription "German photographer ethnographer".
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Authority_control.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:More_footnotes.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Multiple_issues.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Persondata.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Tone.
- Werner_Kissling wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:YouTube.
- Werner_Kissling description "German photographer ethnographer".
- Werner_Kissling description "German photographer ethnographer".
- Werner_Kissling subject Category:1895_births.
- Werner_Kissling subject Category:1988_deaths.
- Werner_Kissling subject Category:German_documentary_filmmakers.