Armin von Gerkan (November 30, 1885 in
Subate,
Latvia – December 22, 1969 in Garstedt, present
Norderstedt, Germany) was a
Baltic German
Baltic Germans (german: Deutsch-Balten or , later ) were ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their coerced resettlement in 1939, Baltic Germans have markedly declined ...
classical archaeologist and member of an aristocratic family. He was an expert for archaeological building research and joint founder of
Robert Johann Koldewey Society(Koldewey-Gesellschaft e.V. in
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...
. Gerkan is a seminal figure in ancient architectural history. His report "Griechische Stadtanlagen" (1924) is still consulted today as a basic text for ancient city planning, and his methodology has been widely adopted.
Architect
Meinhard von Gerkan
Meinhard von Gerkan (3 January 193530 November 2022) was a German architect and one of the founders of the architectural firm von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp). Von Gerkan was known for being the architect of Berlin Tegel Airport as well as ...
(born 1935 Riga) is a relative.
Sources
Biography at the Dictionary of Art HistoriansGerman Bibliography
1885 births
1969 deaths
People from Ilūkste Municipality
People from Courland Governorate
Baltic-German people
German archaeologists
Baltische Landeswehr personnel
20th-century archaeologists
Latvian emigrants to Germany
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