Franz Studniczka (14 August 1860 – 4 December 1929) was a German professor of classical archaeology born in

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, Galicia. He studied classical archaeology in

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as a pupil of Otto Benndorf (1838–1907). In 1887 he received his habilitation in

, and in 1889 became the Chair of Classical Archaeology at the

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. In 1896, Studniczka was appointed Professor of Classical Archaeology at the

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, succeeding Johannes Overbeck (1826–1895) who had died the previous November. Studniczka was a member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences at

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University. Studniczka was a leading authority on ancient

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and

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and antiquities. He was responsible for the expansion of the collection of casts of antique

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s at the Museum of Antiquities at Leipzig which eventually became one of the largest and most impressive collection of casts in Germany. He is also credited for the masterful restoration of the ''Artemis-Iphigenie-Gruppe''.

Selected publications

* ''Beiträge zur Geschichte der altgriechischen Tracht'', 1886 * ''Kyrene, eine altgriechische Göttin'' ( Cyrene, an ancient Greek goddess), 1890 * ''Kalamis. Ein Beitrag zur griechischen Kunstgeschichte'' ( Calamis, a contribution to Greek art), 1907 * ''Das Bildnis des Aristoteles'' (Portrait of

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), 1908 * ''Das Symposion Ptolemaios II: Nach der Beschreibung des Kallixeinos'' (The Symposium Ptolemaios II: After the description of Kallixenos), 1914 * ''Das Bildnis Menanders'' (The

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Effigies) in Neue Jarbucher fur das Klassische Altertum 21 (1918). * ''Die Ostgiebelgruppe vom Zeustempel in Olympia'' (Eastern gable group of the

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), 1923. * "The

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Statues"; Journal of Hellenic Studies 43 (1923): 57–67.

References

Prof. Dr. phil. Franz Studniczka
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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Studniczka, Franz 1860 births 1929 deaths People from Jasło German archaeologists People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Academic staff of Leipzig University Archaeologists from Austria-Hungary Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to Germany