Werner Fuchs (archaeologist)

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Werner Fuchs (born September 27, 1927 in Zwickau , Saxony; † January 11, 2016 ) was a German classical archaeologist .

Fuchs studied in Leipzig and Tübingen and received his doctorate in 1953 under Bernhard Schweitzer . From 1954 to 1956 he worked on the Olympic excavation , then assistant in Tübingen, speaker at the German Archaeological Institute in Rome, then in Athens. After visiting professorships in the USA and an extraordinary professorship in Tübingen, he was appointed full professor of classical archeology at the University of Münster in 1972, where he taught until his retirement in 1992 and the journal Boreas he founded . Munster published contributions to archeology .

Werner Fuchs was a member of the Patron's Committee of the Center for Hellenic Studies at King's College London from 1989 , and later an honorary member of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies . After his retirement, he spent one year at All Souls College of the University of Oxford , and Oxford remained until the death of his permanent residence.

Fonts

  • The models of the Neo-Attic reliefs. De Gruyter, Berlin 1959.
  • The Mahdia ship find. Wasmuth, Tübingen 1963.
  • The sculpture of the Greeks. (With photos by Max Hirmer .) Hirmer, Munich 1969. 4th edition 1993, ISBN 3-7774-6100-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary from the University of Münster
personal data
SURNAME Fuchs, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Zwickau , Saxony
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 2016