Karl Purgold
Karl Purgold (28 December 1850, in Gotha – 1939, in Gotha) was a German classical archaeologist and museum director.
In 1878 he received his doctorate from the University of Munich, where he was a student of Heinrich Brunn. Following graduation, he travelled the Mediterranean region by way of a grant from the German Archaeological Institute (1878–80).[1] From 1890 until his retirement in 1934 he was director of the Herzogliches Museum Gotha (Ducal Museum in Gotha).[2]
He took part in the excavations at Olympia, Greece, being tasked with providing analysis of ancient inscriptions.[3] With Wilhelm Dittenberger, he edited Die inschriften von Olympia, based on the inscriptions found at Olympia.
Selected works
[edit]- Archäologische Bemerkungen zu Claudian und Sidonius, 1878 – Archaeological observations on Claudian and Sidonius.
- Die inschriften von Olympia, edited by W. Dittenberger and K. Purgold; (The inscriptions of Olympia), volume V. of Olympia : Die Ergebnisse der von dem Deutschen Reich veranstalteten Ausgrabung (Olympia : The results of the excavation organized by the German Reich; 1890–97).
- Das Museum des Herzoglichen Hauses in Gotha, 1910.
- Das Herzogliche Museum, 1937 (with Eberhard Schenk zu Schweinsberg) – The Ducal Museum in Gotha.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sentences based on translated text from an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia".
- ^ Magazin Gotha Now issued Returned Majolikaschälchen
- ^ Archiv.org Full text of "A century of archaeological discoveries"
- ^ WorldCat Identities Most widely held works by Karl Purgold
- ^ de.Wikisource bibliography