Paul Wolters
German classical archaeologist
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Paul Heinrich August Wolters (1 September 1858 in Bonn – 21 October 1936 in Munich) was a German classical archaeologist who specialized in ancient Greek and Roman art. He was the son of theologian Albrecht Wolters (1822–1878).
September 1, 1858
Paul Wolters | |
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| Born | Paul Heinrich August Wolters September 1, 1858 |
| Died | October 21, 1936 (aged 78) |
| Occupation | Classical archaeologist |
He studied classical philology and archaeology at the University of Halle, the University of Strasbourg, and the University of Bonn, obtaining his PhD in 1882. By way of a scholarship from the German Archaeological Institute (DAI), he took a study trip to Italy, Greece and Asia Minor from 1885 until 1887. From 1900 to 1908, he was a professor at the University of Würzburg, and in 1908, succeeded Adolf Furtwangler as professor of classical archaeology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Here, he was also director of the Glyptothek Museum.[1] Among his better known students was archaeologist Ernst Buschor.[2]
From 1888 to 1889, he performed excavatory work at the Kabeirion of Thebes, a rural sanctuary containing temples and theaters.[3] In 1925, with Gabriel Welter, he conducted an archaeological excavation at Aegina Kolonna.[4]
Published works
In 1885, he published a new edition of Karl Friederichs' Die Gipsabgüsse antiker Bildwerke in historischer Folge erklärt : Bausteine zur Geschichte der griechisch-römischen plastik (The plaster casts of ancient sculptures explained in historical sequence, etc.)[5] Other noted works by Wolters include:
- Mykenische gräber in Kephallenia, Athens, 1894 – Mycenaean tombs in Cephalonia.
- Der westgiebel des olympischen Zeustempels, Munich, Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences, 1908 – The west gable of the Olympian Zeus.
- Beschreibung der Glyptothek König Ludwig’s I. zu München. Munich, 1910.[6]
- Eine Darstellung des athenischen Staatsfriedhofs, 1913 – A representation of the Athenian state cemetery.
- Archäologische Bemerkungen, 1915 – Archaeological comments.
- Der Geflügelte Seher, 1928 – The winged seer.
- Das Kabirenheiligtum bei Theben, 1940 (with Gerda Bruns) – the Kabeirion sanctuary near Thebes.[7]