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Sep 01, 1858 Bonn, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany Died on 21 Oct 1936 (aged 78)
German classical archaeologist
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About Paul Wolters
- Paul Heinrich August Wolters (1 September 1858 in Bonn – 21 October 1936 in Munich) was a German classical archaeologist who specialized in ancient Greek and Roman art.
- He was the son of theologian Albrecht Wolters (1822–1878). He studied classical philology and archaeology at the Universities of Halle, Strasbourg and Bonn, obtaining his PhD in 1882.
- By way of a scholarship from the German Archaeological Institute (DAI), he took a study trip to Italy, Greece and Asia Minor (1885–1887).
- From 1900 to 1908, he was a professor at the University of Würzburg, and in 1908, succeeded Adolf Furtwangler as professor of classical archaeology at the University of Munich.
- Here, he was also director of the Glyptothek Museum.
- Among his better known students was archaeologist Ernst Buschor.In 1888/89, he performed excavatory work at the Kabeirion of Thebes, a rural sanctuary containing temples and theaters.
- In 1925, with Gabriel Welter, he conducted an archaeological excavation at Aegina Kolonna.
