Ernst Buschor

Ernst Buschor (Hürben, 2 June 1886 Munich, 11 December 1961) was a German archaeologist and translator.

Biography

From 1905 he studied at the University of Munich as a pupil of classical archaeologist Adolf Furtwängler, earning his doctorate in 1912. After serving as a soldier in the Balkans during World War I, he became an associate professor of classical archaeology at the University of Erlangen. In 1920 he became a full professor at the University of Freiburg. From 1921 to 1929, he was director of the German Archaeological Institute at Athens. From 1929 to 1959, he served as a professor of classical archaeology at Munich.[1]

From 1922 to 1924, he conducted archaeological excavations in Athens, Olympia and in Amyklai (Sparta), and for many years served as director of excavations on the island of Samos (1925–1939; 1951–1961). In 1921 he became a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.[1]

Selected works

Buschor is credited for providing translations of all 31 extant tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.[1] The following are a few of his significant writings:

Bibliography

References and external links

  1. 1 2 3 Kurzbiographie von Ernst Buschor (PDF file; 41 kB)
  2. OCLC WorldCat published works by Buschor


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