Ursula Knigge
Ursula Knigge (born November 19, 1930 in Bremen ; † September 12, 2010 there ) was a German classical archaeologist .
Ursula Knigge, from a family of confectioners, attended grammar school in Bremen, which she left before graduation. She attended the photography school in Munich. She then worked in a photo studio in Rome before becoming the photographer of the Kerameikos excavation at the German Archaeological Institute in Athens under Dieter Ohly in 1959 . She made up her Abitur and studied classical archeology in Munich and Tübingen . In 1963 she received her doctorate in Munich under Ernst Homann-Wedeking . Since 1963 she worked under Franz Willemsenas a research assistant at the Kerameikos excavation in Athens. From 1975 until her retirement in 1995 she was its director.
literature
- Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier : Ursula Knigge 1930–2010 . In: Athenische Mitteilungen 125, 2010 (2013), pp. VII – XII (with list of publications).
Web links
- Literature by and about Ursula Knigge in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knigge, Ursula |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 2010 |
| Place of death | Bremen |