List of well-known mycenologists

The list of well-known Mycenaeologists includes the habilitated or otherwise designated representatives of Mykenology , a discipline that is not academically defined institutionally, but solely from its subject, Mycenaean culture and Mycenaean Greek with its linear B script . Since it is at the interface between classical archeology , prehistory and early history , ancient history , Greek and Indo-European studies , its representatives can often be institutionally assigned to one of these disciplines.

scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Francisco Rodríguez Adrados (* 1922) Spaniards Complutense University of Madrid University of Barcelona Classical Philology Lexicography of Mycenaean Greek : Diccionario Micénico Vassilis L. Aravantinos (* 1950) Βασίλης Λ. Αραβαντινός Greek Ephory thebes Classical archeology Excavation of the Kadmeia , discovery of around 250 linear B tablets Francisco Aura Jorro (* 20th century) Spaniards Alicante University Classical Philology Lexicography of Mycenaean Greek : Diccionario Micénico Antonín Bartoněk (1926-2016) Czech Palacký University , Olomouc Masaryk University , Brno Classical Philology Mycenaean Greek : Manual of Mycenaean Greek Linear B Lydia Baumbach (1924–1991) South African University of Cape Town University of Pretoria Rhodes University , Grahamstown University of Stellenbosch Classical Philology Mycenaean Greek Linear B texts John Bennet (* 1957) Briton University of Sheffield University of Oxford University of Wisconsin Classical archeology Mycenaean Culture History of Crete Linear B Emmett Leslie Bennett (1918-2011) Americans University of Wisconsin Classical archeology Mycenaean culture Wingspread Convention Linear-B texts from Pylos , Mycenae , Knossos Carl Blegen (1887–1971) Americans University of Cincinnati Classical archeology Excavations in Pylos , Nemea , Prosymna and Troja Find the first clay tablets with the linear font B outside Crete in Pylos Discovery of an archive in the palace of Nestor in Pylos with approx. 600 clay tablets (1952) John Boardman (born 1927) Briton Oxford University Merton College , Oxford Ashmolean Museum , Oxford British School at Athens Classical archeology Linear B texts and their dating Mycenaean archeology Robert Browning (1914-1997) Briton Birkbeck College , London Classical Philology Ancient History Byzantine Studies Neo-Greek Studies Linear B texts Hans-Günter Buchholz (1919–2011) German University of Giessen University of Saarbrücken Classical archeology Relations between Ugarit , Cyprus and Aegean -space John Chadwick (1920-1998) Briton Corpus Christi College , Cambridge Classical Philology Decoding of the linear B script Sigrid Deger-Jalkotzy (* 1940) Austrian University of Salzburg Classical archeology. Ancient history Mycenaean history Mycenaean archeology Maurizio Del Freo (*) Italian Istituto di Studi sul Mediterraneo Antico , Rome Classical Philology Linear B texts Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1853–1940) German University of Jena, German Archaeological Institute, Athens Archaeological Building Research Architecture Excavations and a. in Tiryns , Troy and on Leukas ; Development of scientific excavation methods, including stratigraphy Yves Duhoux (* 1942) Belgian Université catholique de Louvain Classical Philology Linear B texts Birgitta Eder (* 1962) Austrian Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg Mycenaean Commission , Austrian Academy of Sciences Classical archeology. Ancient history Mycenaean topography, Mycenaean archeology, Mycenaean ceramics Arthur Evans (1851-1941) Briton Modern history (without degree) Excavation of the palace of Knossos coinage of the name Linear B Elizabeth Bayard French (* 1931) British University of Manchester Classical archeology Mycenaean history Mycenaean archeology Mycenaean ceramics , terracotta figurines José Luis García Ramón (* 1949) Spaniards University of Cologne Autonomous University of Madrid Indo-European Studies Mycenaean onomatology Mycenaean Greek Louis Godart (* 1945) Belgians and Italians University of Naples Federico II (Chair of Mycenaean Philology ) Classical Philology Linear B, Linear A and Aegean Writing Systems Linear B texts Ernst Grumach (1902–1967) German Humboldt University of Berlin Classical Philology Founder and editor of Kadmos. Journal of Pre- and Early Greek Epigraphy ; Bibliography of Cretan-Mycenaean epigraphy Fritz Gschnitzer (1929-2008) Austrian University of Heidelberg Old story Mycenaean Philology: Greek Onomastics (especially ethnics) Ivo Hajnal (* 1961) Austrian University of Innsbruck University of Münster Linguistics Mycenaean Greek grammar : case system Mycenaean and Homeric lexicon Alfred Heubeck (1914–1987) German University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Classical Philology Introduction to Mycenology Stefan Hiller (* 1941) Austrian University of Salzburg Classical archeology Mycenaean history Prehistory of the Aegean Sea and the Balkan Peninsula Homeric Archeology Linear B texts James Thomas Hooker (1931–1991) Briton University College London Classical Philology Mycenaean History Linear B André Hurst (* 1940) Swiss University of Geneva Classical Philology Linear B texts Spyros Iakovidis (1923-2013) Σπύρος Ιακωβίδης Greek University of Pennsylvania University of Athens Classical archeology Excavations in Athens , Pylos , Perati , Gla and Mycenae Petar Hristov Ilievski (1920–2013) Петар христов Илиевски Macedonian University of Skopje Classical Philology Mycenaean namology linear B texts Vassos Karageorghis (* 1929) Βάσος Καραγιώργης Greek University of Cyprus Université du Québec Antiquities Management , Cyprus Cyprus Museum , Nicosia Classical archeology Mycenaean pottery from Cyprus John Tyrell Killen (* 1937) Briton Cambridge University (Chair of Mycenaean Greek ) Classical Philology Mycenaean Greek Linear B texts Alice Kober (1906–1950) American Cambridge University Classical Philology Classical Archeology Decoding of the linear B script Michel Lejeune (1907-2000) Frenchman École Pratique des Hautes Études University of Paris IV University of Bordeaux University of Poitiers Linguistics Greek studies Historical Phonetics of Ancient Greek and Mycenaean Greek Alex Leukart (* 1939) Swiss University of Friborg , Switzerland University of Geneva Indo-European Studies Nouns on -tas and -as Linear B texts Joseph Maran (* 1957) German University of Heidelberg Classical archeology, prehistory and early history Tiryns , Mycenaean pottery Olivier Masson (1922–1997) Frenchman École pratique des hautes études Classical Philology Mycenaean anthroponyms Michael Meier-Brügger (* 1948) Swiss Free University of Berlin Indo-European Studies Lexicography of Mycenaean Greek as part of the lexicon of the early Greek epic Mycenaean Greek José Luis Melena Jiménez (* 1946) Spaniard (Basque) Universidad del País Vasco Classical Philology Mycenaean Greek Piero Meriggi (1899–1982) Italian University of Pavia Indo-European Studies Linguist Classical Philology Reading the linear B script Anna Morpurgo Davies (1937-2014) Italian Somerville College , Oxford Indo-European Studies Lexicography of Mycenaean Greek : Mycenaeae Graecitatis Lexicon Grammar of Mycenaean Greek Linear-B texts Ratio of linear A to linear B Penelope A. Mountjoy (* 20th century) British British School at Athens Classical archeology Mycenaean pottery Hugo Mühlestein (1916-2008) Swiss University of Neuchâtel Classical Philology Mycenaean Greek, Mycenaean onomastics George Emmanuel Mylonas (1898–1988) Γεώργιος Εμμανουήλ Μυλωνάς Greeks and Americans Washington University in St. Louis Classical archeology Discovery of the outer circle of tombs in Mycenae Günter Neumann (1920-2005) German University of Würzburg University of Gießen University of Bonn Indo-European Studies Mycenaean onomatology Mycenaean Greek Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier (* 1947) German University of Freiburg University of Heidelberg Classical archeology Aegean Bronze Age excavations in Miletus Martin Persson Nilsson (1874-1967) Swede Lund University Classical Philology Minoan-Mycenaean religion Jean-Pierre Olivier (* 1939) Belgian FNRS , Belgium Classical Philology Linear B texts Ratio of linear A to linear B Gareth Alun Owens (born 1964) British and Greek Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Τεχνολογικό Κρήτης , Heraklion Classical Philology Ancient History Ratio of linear A to linear B Leonard Robert Palmer (1906-1984) Briton Oxford University Indo-European Studies Mycenaean Greek Linear B-Texts Mycenaean History Minoan-Mycenaean Religion Thomas G. Palaima (* 1951) Americans University of Texas at Austin Classical Philology Linear B Linear B texts Mycenaean culture Oswald Panagl (* 1939) Austrian University of Salzburg General and Comparative Linguistics Linear B texts Axel W. Persson (1888–1951) Swede Uppsala University Classical archeology Linear-B finds from Argolida Mihail D. Petruševski (1911–1990) Михаил Д. Петрушевски Macedonians University of Skopje Classical Philology Linear B texts Robert Plath (* 1959) German Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg Indo-European Studies Mycenaean Greek , Mycenaean verbal system Giovanni Pugliese Carratelli (1911-2010) Italian Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Storici , Naples Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa University of Florence University of Pisa Old story Linear B texts, Mycenaean history Ernst Risch (1911–1988) Swiss University of Zurich Indo-European Studies Grammar and vocabulary of Mycenaean Greek Martín Ruipérez Sánchez (1923-2015) Spaniards Complutense University Salamanca University Classical Philology Mycenaean Greek Cornelis Jord Ruijgh (1930-2004) Dutch University of Amsterdam Classical Philology Grammar and vocabulary of Mycenaean Greek Ian Rutherford (born 1959) Briton Reading University Greek Studies Connections between the ancient Anatolian cultures as well as Egypt and the Mycenaean culture Anna Sacconi (* 1938) Italian University of Rome Classical Philology Linear B texts Jannis Athanasiu Sakellarakis (1936-2010) Γιάννης Αθανασίου Σακελλαράκης Greek National Archaeological Museum , Athens Heraklion Archaeological Museum , Crete Classical archeology Mycenaean animal sacrifice ritual , Mycenaean seals, Linear-B inscriptions from Knossos Fritz Schachermayr (1895–1987) German University of Vienna University of Graz University of Heidelberg University of Jena Old story Mycenaean history Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890) German Excavations and a. in Mycenae , Orchomenos and Tiryns Louise Schofield (* 20th century) British British Museum Classical archeology Mycenaean archeology Cynthia W. Shelmerdine (* 20th century) American University of Texas at Austin Classical Philology Mycenaean Greek , Mycenaean culture and history, Mycenaean ceramics , Iklaina , Nichoria , Pylos Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood (1945-2007) Χριστιάνα Σουρβίνου-Ίνγουντ Greek and British University of Reading University College , Oxford University of Liverpool Classical Philology Classical Archeology Minoan and Mycenaean concepts of the afterlife , linear B texts Eftychia Stavrianopoulou (* 1962) Ευτυχία Σταυριανοπούλου Greek University of Heidelberg Old story Structure of the empire of Pylos Linear-B texts Frank Henry Stubbings (1915-2005) Briton Cambridge University Classical archeology Bronze Age Greece, Mycenaean ceramics , Homeric archeology Johannes Sundwall (1877–1966) fin Åbo Akademi Classical Philology Ancient History The Cretan linear script Ioannis Threpsiadis (1907–1962) Ιωάννης Θρεψιάδης Greek Ephory thebes Classical archeology Exploration of the Mycenaean fortress of Gla Catherine Trümpy (* 1956) Swiss University of Geneva University of Neuchâtel University of Heidelberg Classical Philology Comparison of Mycenaean with the language of choral lyric linear B texts Christos Tsountas (1857–1934) Χρήστος Τσούντας Greek Athens University Ephoria for Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities Classical archeology Excavations in Mycenae , Vaphio's dome tomb Michael Ventris (1922-1956) Briton Hampstead , London Autodidact Decoding of the linear B script Emily Vermeule (1928-2001) American Harvard University Classical Philology Ancient History Mycenaean history Mycenaean vase painting Alan Wace (1879-1957) Briton Cambridge University St Andrews University Classical archeology Bronze Age Greece, excavations in Sparta , Mycenae , Troy , Thessaly and Corinth , Homer Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster (1905–1974) Briton Stanford University University College London University of Manchester Classical Philology Classical Archeology From Mycenae to Homer. Beginnings of Greek literature and art in the light of Linear B Gert Jan van Wijngaarden (* 1964) Dutch University of Amsterdam Nederlands Instituut in Athene Classical archeology Mycenaean archeology, Mycenaean ceramics and their export to the Levant , Cyprus and Italy

See also

• List of known Graecists
• List of known prehistorians
• List of well-known ancient historians
• List of well-known researchers on the ancient religions
• List of ancient scholars and archaeologists
• List of well-known Indo-Europeanists

Web links

• Austrian Academy of Sciences , Institute for Oriental and European Archeology: Department Aegean and Anatolia (emerged from the Mycenaean Commission )
• University of Salzburg : Focus on Mykenology / Aegean Early Period