Wilhelm Wilberg
Wilhelm Wilberg (born December 1, 1872 in Athens , † August 14, 1956 in Vienna ) was a German, later Austrian building researcher and classical archaeologist .
Life
His father Karl Wilberg was a German consul and bookseller in Athens. Wilhelm completed his school education in Weimar and Leipzig and studied two semesters at the Technical University in Munich . From 1893 to 1896 he was Wilhelm Dörpfeld's assistant at the German Archaeological Institute in Athens. With Dörpfeld he worked out a topographical map of Troy . In 1898 he was appointed excavation architect of the newly founded Austrian Archaeological Institute . In 1908 he was granted Austrian citizenship . In 1912 he was appointed 1st Secretary of the Athens Branch . In 1914 he received his doctorate in Graz under Rudolf Heberdey on the south gate of the Agora of Ephesus . After the outbreak of World War I and until 1922 - while the Athens branch was closed - he was assigned to the headquarters of the institute in Vienna and worked on architectural topics from Ephesus. After that he decided not to return to Athens for health reasons and left the institute.
His son was the Austrian politician Alexander Wilberg .
Honors
Publications (selection)
- with Wilhelm Dörpfeld: Topographical plan of the layers of Ilion / Troia .
- Writings / plans / drawings in the annual journals of the Austrian Archaeological Institute and in the research series in Ephesus.
literature
- Anton Bammer: Architecture as a memory . Vienna 1977, pp. 86-87.
- T. Wohlers-Scharf: The history of research in Ephesos , 1995, pp. 184-185.
- Ch. Schauer in: Hundert Jahre Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut, Athens 1898-1998 , Vienna and Athens 1998, pp. 48–50.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wilberg, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German, later Austrian building researcher and classical archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Athens |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 1956 |
| Place of death | Vienna |