List of Classical Archaeologists at the University of Basel

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In the list of classical archaeologist at the University of Basel all university teachers are collected, at the University of Basel taught and teach. As a rule, this includes all regular university professors who were allowed to give lectures, i.e. who had completed their habilitation .

The first column shows the name of the person and their life data, the second column shows entry into the university, and the third column shows their departure. Column four lists the highest position achieved at the University of Basel. At other universities, the corresponding lecturer may have made an even more extensive scientific career. The next column lists special features, the career path or other information relating to the university or institute. The last column shows pictures of the lecturers, which is currently difficult due to the image rights.

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Wilhelm Vischer (1808–1874) 1835 1869 Full professor Classical philologist; 1835 Associate Professor, 1836 Full Professor of Greek Language and Literature, Friedrich Nietzsche's predecessor ; first representative of an all-encompassing ancient studies including archeology at the University of Basel Wilhelm Vischer.jpg
Johann Jacob Bernoulli (1833-1913) 1860 1898 Full professor 1860 private lecturer, 1874 professor for classical studies, 1895 full professor; From 1859 to 1898 he taught classical archeology on a voluntary basis Johann Jacob Bernoulli by Ernst Stückelberg.jpg
Georg Ferdinand Dümmler (1859-1896) 1890 1896 Full professor Classical philologist; 1890 full professor of Latin language and literature; also taught classical archeology on a voluntary basis Georg Ferdinand Dümmler - Imagines philologorum.jpg
Hans Dragendorff (1870–1941) 1898 1902 Full professor Bernoulli's successor to the Chair of Classical Philology and Archeology established in 1898 with funds from the Vischer-Heussler Foundation ; 1902 director of the Roman-Germanic Commission ; 1911 General Secretary of the German Archaeological Institute ; 1922 full professor in Freiburg i. Br. Hans Dragendorff.jpg
Ernst Pfuhl (1876–1940) 1909 1940 Full professor 1909 associate professor at the archaeological chair that had been vacant since 1902, full professor in 1911; 1912 Establishment of a seminar for classical archeology
Arnold von Salis (1881–1958) 1941 1942 Chair substitute 1941 professor in Zurich, after Pfuhl's death in 1941 also deputy chair in Basel
Karl Schefold (1905–1999) 1936 1975 Full professor 1936 private lecturer, 1942 associate professor, 1944 head of the seminar, 1952 personal professor, 1960 first professor after 20 years of interruption, succeeding Pfuhl; Co-founder of the Association of Friends of Ancient Art and the magazine Antike Kunst
Ernst Berger (1928-2006) 1962 1993 associate professor 1961 to 1993 director of the Basel Museum of Antiquities; 1962 private lecturer; 1968 associate professor
Margot Schmidt (1932-2004) 1975 1997 extraordinary professor 1962 research assistant at the Antikenmuseum Basel, 1966 curator and deputy director; 1975 lecturer; 1976 habilitation; 1982 associate professor
Rolf Stucky (* 1942) 1978 2007 Full professor 1978 full professor
Peter Blome (* 1948) ???? 2012 associate professor Director of the antiquities museum; Associate Professor
Bruno Jacobs (* 1954) 1993 Associate professor Associate Professor for Near Eastern Archeology
Martin Guggisberg (* 1960) 2005 Full professor 2005 associate professor, 2007 full professor
Othmar Jäggi (* 1967) 2012 Private lecturer 1998 lecturer, 1999 research assistant, 2005 private lecturer Freiburg i. Br., 2012 re-habilitation to Basel

literature

  • Rudolf Thommen : The University of Basel in the years 1884–1913 , Basel 1914, p. 185
  • Karl Schefold : in: Teaching and research at the University of Basel at the time of the celebration of its five hundredth anniversary , Basel 1960, pp. 197–201
  • Edgar Bonjour : The University of Basel from its beginnings to the present, 1460–1960 , Basel 1960, pp. 654–655
  • Anna Laschinger, Annemarie Kaufmann-Heinimann (Ed.): Bones, Shards and Sculptures. 100 years of archeology at the University of Basel. Department of Classical Studies, University of Basel, Basel 2012, ISBN 978-3-908006-59-6 ( PDF ).

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