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Georg Gottfried Julius Dehio (22 November 1850 in Reval (now Tallinn),
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. In 1900, Dehio started the "''Handbuch der deutschen Kunstgeschichte''" (Handbook of German Art History), published by Ernst Wasmuth. The project is ongoing and managed by the 'Dehio-Vereinigung', Munich. He is the namesake of the Georg Dehio Prize (
Georg Dehio Book Prize The Georg Dehio Book Prize (''Georg Dehio-Buchpreis'') is a biennial literary award for authors who, "in their literary, scholarly or public work, address the themes of the common culture and history of the German people and their Eastern neighbo ...
). He was laureate of the Pour le Mérite order ( "Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste"), the Eagle Shield of the German Empire (
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) and the
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. He held honorary doctor titles in Göttingen, Tübingen, Frankfurt (Main) and Darmstadt. The
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48415 Dehio discovered circa 1987, is named after him.


See also

* Karl Gottfried Konstantin Dehio (27 May 1851, Reval (Tallinn) – 26 February 1927, Dorpat (Tartu)), internist, cousin *
Ludwig Dehio Ludwig Dehio (25 August 1888 – 24 November 1963) was a German archivist and historian. Dehio was born in Königsberg, the son of art historian Georg Dehio. He studied philosophy, philology and history at the University of Strasbourg and rec ...
(25 August 1888,
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, Prussia – 24 October 1963,
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/Lahn), historian, his son *
Erhard Arnold Julius Dehio Erhard Arnold Julius Dehio (16 January 1855 – 12 July 1940) was a Baltic German merchant and politician who was the lord mayor of Tallinn from March 1918 to 13 November 1918, with Alexander Riesenkampff as second mayor. A notable grain export ...
(16 January 1855, Reval (Tallinn) – 12 July 1940, Bad Oeynhausen), last German mayor of Reval, Georg's younger brother *
Georg Dehio Book Prize The Georg Dehio Book Prize (''Georg Dehio-Buchpreis'') is a biennial literary award for authors who, "in their literary, scholarly or public work, address the themes of the common culture and history of the German people and their Eastern neighbo ...
*
Georg Dehio Cultural Prize The Georg Dehio Cultural Prize (''Georg Dehio-Kulturpreis'') is a biennial award, funded by the German government's Office of the Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media (''Beauftragte der Bundesregierung for Kultur und Medien''), and admini ...


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Alois Riegl Alois Riegl (14 January 1858, Linz – 17 June 1905, Vienna) was an Austrian art historian, and is considered a member of the Vienna School of Art History. He was one of the major figures in the establishment of art history as a self-sufficient a ...
(1858–1905).'' In: Michel Espagne und Bénédicte Savoy (Hrsg.). ''Dictionnaire des historiens d'art allemands.'' CNRS Editions, Paris 2010, , S. 217–228; 405.
Georg Dehio in: BBLD – Baltisches biografisches Lexikon digital (source in German)
* 1850 births 1932 deaths People from Tallinn People from Kreis Harrien Baltic-German people German art historians German male non-fiction writers University of Strasbourg faculty Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class) {{Germany-art-historian-stub