Georg Matthies

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Georg Matthies (born December 14, 1887 in Peine , † November 11, 1914 in Wismar ) was a German classical archaeologist .

After attending grammar school in Wismar until Easter 1906, he studied classical archeology in Marburg , Berlin and Göttingen , where he received his doctorate on April 17, 1912 with Gustav Körte with the dissertation "The praenestine mirrors". For 1913–1915 he was awarded a travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute . During this time he took part in the excavations at Tiryns Castle in March 1914 . He died at the beginning of the First World War .

Fonts

  • The prenestine mirrors. A contribution to the Italian art and cultural history , Zur Kunstgeschichte des Auslands 95, Strasbourg 1912
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SURNAME Matthies, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Torment
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1914
Place of death Wismar