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Dörpfeld, Wilhelm

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Author(s): Herrmann, Klaus

German architect and archaeologist. Born 26. 12. 1853 in Barmen (Wuppertal), died at Nidri on Lefkas, 25. 4. 1940. 1873–1876 studied architecture at Bauakademie in Berlin; 1876 graduate in architectural studies; 1882 Dr. phil. h. c. at Würzburg. 1887–1912 head of the DAI in Athens; 1923 honorary prof. at Jena. Career D.’s character was shaped by the Humanism of his father, the pedagogue Friedrich Wilhelm D., and by his gifts for mathematics and science. His studies with the architectural historian Friedrich Adler proved formative for his scholar…

Source: Brill’s New Pauly Supplements I - Volume 6 : History of classical Scholarship - A Biographical Dictionary