List of well-known epigraphers
The list of well-known epigraphers collects people who have either completed their habilitation in the subject of epigraphy (inscription), as researchers in a sister discipline (e.g. Classical Philology , Ancient History , Classical Archeology , Provincial Roman Archeology , Etruscan Studies , Byzantine Studies , Papyrology or Numismatics ) in particular Degrees engaged in epigraphy when authors wrote epigraphy or otherwise contributed to the study of inscriptions .
A.
- Andreas Alföldi (Hungarian, 1895–1981)
- Géza Alföldy (Hungarian, 1935-2011)
- Girolamo Amati (Italian, 1768–1834)
- Walter Ameling (German, * 1958)
- John George Clark Anderson (British, 1870-1952)
- Radu Ardevan (Romanian, * 1951)
- Fritz Arens (German, 1912–1986)
- Francesco Maria Avellino (Italian, 1778–1850)
- Nahman Avigad (Israeli, 1905-1992)
B.
- László Barkóczi (Hungarian, 1919-2017)
- John Penrose Barron (British, 1934-2008)
- George Ewart Bean (British, 1903-1977)
- Eduard Friedrich Ferdinand Beer (German, 1805–1841)
- Yves Béquignon (French, 1899–1990)
- Veselin Beševliev (Bulgarian, 1902–1990)
- Artur Betz (Austrian, 1905–1985)
- Jan Bistřický (Czech, 1930-2008)
- Herbert Bloch (German-American, 1911-2006)
- Wolfgang Blümel (German, * 1945)
- John P. Bodel (American, born 1957)
- August Boeckh (German, 1785–1867)
- Bartolomeo Borghesi (Italian, 1781–1860)
- Eugen Bormann (German, 1842-1917)
- William C. Brice (British, 1921-2007)
- Claude Brixhe (French, * 1933)
C.
- René Cagnat (French, 1852-1937)
- Jérôme Carcopino (French, 1881–1970)
- Angelos Chaniotis (Greek, * 1959)
- André Chastagnol (French, 1920–1996)
- Michel Christol (French, * 1942)
- Mauro Cristofani (Italian, 1941–1997)
- Thomas Corsten (German, * 1961)
- Franz Cumont (Belgian, 1868–1947)
- Jaime Curbera (Spaniard)
- Ernst Curtius (German, 1814-1896)
D.
- Costis Davaras (Greek, * 1933)
- Olof August Danielsson (Swedish, 1852-1933)
- Georges Daux (French, 1899–1988)
- Giovanni Battista de Rossi (Italian, 1822-1894)
- Attilio Degrassi (Italian, 1887–1969)
- Maurizio Del Freo (Italian, 20th century)
- Jules Delamarre (French, 1867–1909)
- Hermann Dessau (German, 1856–1931)
- Ernst Diehl (German, 1874–1947)
- Wilhelm Dittenberger (German, 1840–1906)
- Friedrich Karl Dörner (German, 1911–1992)
- Marc Domingo Gygax (Spaniard, * 1965)
- Michael Donderer (German, * 1950)
- Sterling Dow (American, 1903-1995)
- Heinrich Dressel (German, 1845–1920)
E.
- Werner Eck (German, * 1939)
- Charles Edson (American, 1905–1988)
- Rudolf Egger (Austrian, 1882–1969)
- Helmut Engelmann (German, * 1937)
- Eberhard Erxleben (German, 1925-2010)
F.
- Paul Foucart (French, 1836-1926)
- Peter Frei (Swiss, 1925–2010)
- Helmut Freis (German, 1935–2002)
- Peter Frisch (1942–2015)
G
- Giuseppe Gatti (Italian, 1838-1914)
- Margherita Guarducci (Italian, 1902–1999)
H
- Christian Habicht (German, 1926-2018)
- Rudolf Haensch (German, * 1959)
- Federico Halbherr (Italian, 1857-1930)
- Klaus Hallof (German, * 1957)
- Peter Allan Hansen (Danish and British, 1944–2012)
- Andreas Hartmann (German, * 1977)
- Kaja Harter-Uibopuu (Austrian, * 1968)
- Rudolf Heberdey (Austrian, 1844–1936)
- Wilhelm Henzen (German, 1816–1887)
- Peter Herrmann (German, 1927-2002)
- Peter Herz (German, * 1948)
- Ernst Herzfeld (German, 1879–1948)
- Ernst von Herzog (German, 1834–1911)
- Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen (German, 1864–1947)
- Otto Hirschfeld (German, 1843–1922)
- Maria Höfner (Austrian, 1900–1992)
- Maurice Holleaux (French, 1861-1932)
- Théophile Homolle (French, 1845–1925)
- JJE Hondius (Dutch, 1897–1950)
- Marietta Horster (German, * 1961)
- Emil Hübner (German, 1834–1901)
- Christian Hülsen (German, 1858–1935)
- Adolf von Hüpsch (German, 1730–1805)
- Georg Huth (German, 1867–1906)
I.
- Vigilio Inama (Italian, 1835-1912)
- Hans Ulrich Instinsky (German, 1907–1973)
- Bülent İplikçioğlu (Turk, * 1952)
J
- Otto Jahn (German, 1813–1869)
- Lilian H. Jeffery (British, 1915-1986)
- Renate Johne (German, * 1940)
- Christopher P. Jones (* 1940)
K
- Georg Kaibel (German, 1849–1901)
- Josef Keil (Austrian, 1878–1963)
- Olaus Kellermann (German and Dane, 1805–1837)
- Otto Kern (German, 1863–1942)
- Adolf Kirchhoff (German, 1826–1908)
- Johannes Kirchner (German, 1859–1940)
- Ernst Kirsten (German, 1911–1987)
- Günther Klaffenbach (German, 1890–1972)
- Rudolf M. Kloos (German, 1926–1982)
- Peter Kneißl (German, * 1938)
- Dieter Knibbe (Austrian, 1934-2015)
- Denis Knoepfler (Swiss, * 1944)
- Walter Koch (Austrian, 1942–2019)
- Reinhard Koerner (German, 1926–1987)
- Ulrich Köhler (German, 1838–1903)
- Anne Kolb (German, * 1964)
- Walther Kolbe (German, 1876–1943)
- Charalampos Kritzas (Greek)
- Hans Krummrey (German, 1930-2018)
- Peter Kruschwitz (German, * 1973)
- Wilhelm Kubitschek (Austrian, 1858–1936)
L.
- Stephen D. Lambert (British, 20th century–)
- Mabel Lang (American, 1917-2010)
- Heinrich Lattermann (German, 1882-1914)
- Wassili Wassiljewitsch Latyshev (Russian,? –1921)
- Marcel Le Glay (French, 1920–1992)
- Reinhard G. Lehmann (German, 1955)
- François Lenormant (French, 1837-1883)
- Ernst Lommatzsch (German, 1871-1949)
- Barnabás Lőrincz (Hungarian, 1951–2012)
M.
- Dietrich Mack (German, 1913-2001)
- Christine Magin (German, * 1962)
- Christian Marek (German, * 1950)
- Olivier Masson (French, 1922–1997)
- Richard Meister (German, 1848-1912)
- Benjamin Dean Meritt (American, 1899–1989)
- Reinhold Merkelbach (German, 1918-2006)
- Pierre Merlat (French, 1911-1959)
- Ernst Meyer (German, 1898–1975)
- Terence Bruce Mitford (British, 1905–1978)
- András Mócsy (Hungarian, 1929–1987)
- Theodor Mommsen (German, 1817–1903)
- Luigi Moretti (Italian, 1922–1991)
- Anna Morpurgo Davies (British, 1937-2014)
- Walter W. Müller (German, * 1933)
N
- Herbert Nesselhauf (German, 1909–1995)
- Günter Neumann (German, 1920–2005)
- Heinrich Nissen (German, 1839–1912)
- Adolphe Noël des Vergers (French, 1805–1867)
- Johannes Nollé (German, * 1953)
O
- Johann Oehler (Austrian, 1857–1921)
P
- Silvio Panciera (Italian, 1933-2016)
- William Roger Paton (British, 1857-1921)
- Werner Peek (German, 1904-1994)
- Georges Perrot (French, 1832-1914)
- Vasilios Petrakos (Greek, * 1932)
- Georg Petzl (German, * 1941)
- Konrad Peutinger (German, 1465–1547)
- Hans-Georg Pflaum (French, 1902–1979)
- Gerhard Pfohl (German, 1929-2016)
- Gernot Piccottini (Austrian, 1941-2018)
- André Piganiol (French, 1883–1968)
- Henri Willy Pleket (Dutch, * 1930)
- Hans Pomtow (German, 1859-1925)
- Theodor Preger (German, 1866-1911)
- Anton von Premerstein (Austrian, 1869–1935)
- William Kelly Prentice (American, 1871-1964)
- Erich Preuner (German, 1867-1935)
- Sebastian Prignitz (German, * 1980)
- W. Kendrick Pritchett (American, 1909-2007)
- Émile Puech (French, born 1941)
R.
- Antony E. Raubitschek (American, 1912–1999)
- Albert Rehm (German, 1871-1949)
- Oscar William Reinmuth (American, 1900–1984)
- Joyce Reynolds (British, born 1918)
- Louis Robert (French, 1904–1985)
- David Moore Robinson (American, 1880-1958)
- Ludwig Ross (German, 1806-1859)
- Giovanni Battista de Rossi (Italian, 1822-1894)
- Pierre Rousel (French, 1881–1945)
- Denis Rousset (French, * 1962)
- Christoph B. Rüger (German, * 1937)
S.
- Sencer Şahin (Turk, 1939-2014)
- Pierre Salama (French, 1917–2009)
- Hermann Sauppe (German, 1809-1893)
- Joseph Justus Scaliger (French, 1540–1609)
- Paul Schellhas (German, 1859-1945)
- Johannes Schmidt (German, 1850-1894)
- Manfred G. Schmidt (German, * 1952)
- Winfried Schmitz (German, * 1958)
- Sebastian Scholz (German, * 1962)
- Ernst Schubert (German, 1927–2012)
- Konrad Schubring (German, 1911–1966)
- Christof Schuler (German, * 1965)
- Moshe Schwabe (German and Israeli, 1889–1956)
- Elmar Schwertheim (German, * 1943)
- Mario Segre (Italian, 1904–1944)
- Johann Seivert (German, 1735–1785)
- Justus Siegismund (German, 1851–1876)
- Peter Siewert (German, * 1940)
- Erkki Sironen (Finn)
- Martin Ferguson Smith (Irish, * 1940)
- Heikki Solin (Finn, * 1938)
- Roman Stiglitz (Austrian, 1922–1988)
- Karl Strobel (German, * 1954)
- Ronald S. Stroud (Canadian, born 1933)
- JHM Strubbe (Dutch, * 1947)
- Armin Stylow (German, * 1941)
- Emil Szanto (Austrian, 1857–1904)
T
- Karl Andreas Taube (American, born 1957)
- Hans Taeuber (Austrian, * 1954)
- Bengt E. Thomasson (Swede, * 1926)
- Marcus Niebuhr Tod (British, 1878–1974)
- Kurt Tomaschitz (Austrian, 1961-2008)
- Ida Toth
- Alfred Twardecki (Pole, * 1962)
U
- Jürgen Untermann (German, 1928–2013)
V
- Paul Viereck (German, 1865-1944)
- Konrad Vössing (German, * 1959)
- Hans Volkmann (German, 1900–1975)
- Friedrich Vollmer (German, 1867-1923)
W.
- Gerold Walser (Swiss, 1917–2000)
- Ekkehard Weber (Austrian, * 1940)
- Otto Weinreich (German, 1886–1972)
- Peter Weiß (German, * 1943)
- Carle Wescher (French, 1832–1904)
- Gabriele Wesch-Klein (German)
- Rainer Wiegels (German, * 1940)
- Lothar Wierschowski (German, 1952)
- Adolf Wilhelm (Austrian, 1864–1950)
- Gerhard Winkler (Austrian, 1935–2012)
- Jean-Joseph-Antoine-Marie de Witte (Belgian, 1808-1889)
- Michael Wörrle (German, * 1939)
- Arthur Geoffrey Woodhead (British, 1922-2008)
Z
- Karl Zangemeister (German, 1837–1902)
- Nikolaos Papazarkadas (Greek, * 1974)
- Micheil Tsereteli (Georgian, 1878–1965)
- Erich Ziebarth (German, 1868–1944)
- Johan Henrik Zilliacus (Finnish, 1908–1992)
Amateurs, autodidacts and amateurs
- Adolphe Noël des Vergers (French, 1805–1867)
See also
- List of ancient scholars and archaeologists
- List of known classical archaeologists
- List of Classical Philologists
- List of known Graecists
- List of well-known Near Eastern archaeologists
- List of famous etrusologists
- List of well-known Roman provincial archaeologists
- List of known Byzantinists
- List of well-known ancient historians
- List of well-known numismatists
- List of well-known papyrologists