Albert Rehm (August 15, 1871 (in
Augsburg
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)- July 31, 1949 (in
Munich
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)) was a German
philologist
Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...
best known for his work on the
Antikythera mechanism
The Antikythera mechanism ( ) is an Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek hand-powered orrery, described as the oldest example of an analogue computer used to predict astronomy, astronomical positions and eclipses decades in advance. It could also be ...
- he was the first to propose that it was an astronomical calculator.
Services
Albert Rehm has made numerous contributions to both education and science. He has made important contributions to realism in particular: the volume Precise Sciences in the Introduction to Classical Philology by Alfred Gercke and Eduard Norden, as well as numerous essays and articles for the
Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. He also wrote valuable works in
epigraphy
Epigraphy () is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the wr ...
and
archeology
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...
.
Literature
He is mentioned in these books:
References
1871 births
Scientists from Augsburg
1949 deaths
German philologists
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