Habbo Gerhard Lolling (23 November 1848,

Tergast Tergast is a village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Administratively, it is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Moormerland. Tergast is 1.5 kilometers to the northeast of Oldersum and has a population of 457. The fi ...

near

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– 22 February 1894,

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) was a German classical

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. He studied

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and archaeology at the

University of Göttingen The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, (german: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, known informally as Georgia Augusta) is a public research university in the city of Göttingen, Germany. Founded ...

, receiving his doctorate in 1871 with a dissertation on

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. Following graduation, he relocated to Athens as a tutor. He would live and work in Greece, mainly Athens, for the rest of his life. In 1876 he began work as an editor for the Verlag Karl Baedeker in Athens, and in 1879 was hired as a

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by the

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, where he served on the editorial board of the journal, ''Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung''. From 1888 up until his death, he worked as a curator at the

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.Kraatz - Menges
edited by Rudolf Vierhaus In 1878 he assisted

Carl Humann Carl Humann (first name also ''Karl''; 4 January 1839 – 12 April 1896) was a German engineer, architect and archaeologist. He discovered the Pergamon Altar. Biography Early Years Humann was born in Steele, part of today's Essen - German ...

with excavatory work at

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. In 1879 he uncovered a Mycenaean ''tholos'' tomb near the village of Menidi.

Selected works

* 1880: ''Das Kuppelgrab bei Menidi'' – The domed grave near Menidi. * 1883: ''Griechenland. Handbuch für Reisende''; (as editor) later published in English as: "Greece. Handbook for travelers". London 1889. * 1889: ''Hellenische Landeskunde und Topographie''. In: Handbuch der klassischen Altertums-Wissenschaft in systematischer Darstellung – Hellenic cultural studies and topography.WorldCat Search
published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lolling, Habbo Gerhard 1848 births 1894 deaths University of Göttingen alumni Archaeologists from Lower Saxony People from Leer (district)