Wilhelm Adolf Becker

Wilhelm Adolf Becker , also Wilhelm Adolph Becker and Latinized Guilielmus Adolphus Becker (* 1796 in Dresden ; † September 30, 1846 in Meißen ), was a German classical archaeologist and scholar of antiquity .

Becker studied in Leipzig and from 1822 worked as vice-principal at the secondary school in Zerbst , then from 1828 as high school professor at the state school in Meißen . From 1836 he was professor at the University of Leipzig , initially associate professor of classical archeology and from 1842 full professor of antiquity. His main work is the Handbook of Roman Antiquities , which was continued by Joachim Marquardt after his death . Gallus or Roman scenes from the time of August to explain the most important objects from the domestic life of the Romans (first in 1838) and Charikles appeared in several editions and arrangements . Pictures of ancient Greek custom (first 1840) in which Becker tried to convey information about life in ancient Rome and Greece in the form of a historical novel with numerous learned notes.

In December 1844 he was elected a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences . In 1846, when the Royal Saxon Society of Science was founded, he was accepted as a full member.

literature

Ludwig von Urlichs : Becker, Wilhelm Adolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, pp. 229-231.
Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon . 6th edition. Volume 2. Leipzig 1905, p. 536 ( online ).

Web links

Wikisource: Wilhelm Adolf Becker - Sources and full texts

Wilhelm Adolf Becker in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
Overview of the courses held by Wilhelm Adolf Becker at the University of Leipzig (summer semester 1837 to summer semester 1846)

Individual evidence

^ Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724: Becker, Wilhelm Adolf. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed September 1, 2019 (Russian).

personal data
SURNAME	Becker, Wilhelm Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Becker, Wilhelm Adolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German classical archaeologist and ancient scientist
DATE OF BIRTH	1796
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dresden
DATE OF DEATH	September 30, 1846
Place of death	Meissen

[1] Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724: Becker, Wilhelm Adolf. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed September 1, 2019 (Russian).