Johannes Boehlau (30 September 1861,

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– 24 September 1941,

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) was a German classical

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. In 1884 he received his doctorate from the

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with the dissertation thesis, ''Quaestiones de re vestiaria Graecorum''. This was followed by a study trip to

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and

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(1885/86) that was made possible from a travel grant by the

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(DAI)."Sentence based on translated text from an equivalent article at the

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". From 1902 to 1928 he was director of the Museum Fridericianum in

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and was a primary catalyst towards construction of the

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. He conducted archaeological field studies at

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(1894),

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(1902) and at

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(1906). After his retirement, he returned to Larissa, where he performed excavatory work with

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and Lennart Kjellberg. In addition to his work in classical archaeology, he also performed excavatory investigations in Germany — in 1894, with Felix von und zu Gilsa, he uncovered a

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tomb ( Züschen) near the town of

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Selected published works

* ''Samos : - die Kasseler Grabung 1894 in der Nekropole der archaischen Stadt von Johannes Boehlau und Edward Habich'' –

, an 1894 excavation in the necropolis of the ancient city. * ''Neolithische denkmäler aus Hessen'', (with Felix von und zu Gilsa), 1898 – Neolithic monument found in Hesse. * ''Aus ionischen und italischen nekropolen; ausgrabungen und untersuchungen zur geschichte der nachmykenischen griechi schen kunst'', 1898 – On Ionic and Italic

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. * ''Larisa am Hermos, die Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen, 1902-1934'' (co-author; 3 volumes) 1940–1942 – Larissa, Turkey: the results of excavations, 1902 to 1934.WorldCat Identities
Most widely held works by Johannes Boehlau

References

External links

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Aus ionischen und italischen nekropolen, etc. {{DEFAULTSORT:Boehlau, Johannes 1861 births 1941 deaths People from Halle (Saale) University of Rostock alumni Archaeologists from Saxony-Anhalt Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities