Adolf Bötticher or Adolf Boetticher (12 December 1842 – 9 June 1901) was a German art historian and conservator. Bötticher was born in

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, and studied at the

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(1865–68). After performing excavatory work in

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from 1875 to 1877, he published a weekly newspaper for architects and engineers (''Wochenblatt für Architekten und Ingenieure''). In 1886 Bötticher headed the registry for historic buildings and art monuments in

East Prussia East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label= Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1 ...

, and in 1891 he was named conservator for the province. He died in Warnicken.

Published works

From 1891 to 1898 he published the 8-volum
''Die Bau und Kunstdenkmäler der Provinz Ostpreussen''
(9th volume, 1899 by Walther von Schimmelfennig), documenting architectural and artistic landmarks of East Prussia. Other noted works by Bötticher include: * ''Auf griechischen Landstrassen'', 1883 – On Greek country roads. * ''Olympia, das fest und seine stätte, nach den berichten der alten und den ergebnissen der deutschen augrabungen'', 1886 – Olympia, the festival and its site, according to old records and the results of German excavations. * ''Die Akropolis von Athen nach den berichten der alten und den neusten erforschungen'', 1888 – The

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of Athens, according to old reports and the latest research.Most widely held works by Adolf Boetticher
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* 1842 births 1901 deaths 19th-century German historians 19th-century Prussian people German art historians People from the Province of Brandenburg People from East Prussia 19th-century German writers 19th-century German male writers German male non-fiction writers {{Germany-art-historian-stub