Walther Judeich (5 October 1859,

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...

– 24 February 1942,

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) was a German

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. His grandfather on his mother's side was publisher Heinrich Brockhaus (1804–1874)."Statement based on translated text of an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia". He studied history at the Universities of

Tübingen Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in three ...

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and Strasbourg. From 1886 to 1888 he took part in archaeological excavations in Greece and

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, followed by research in

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, Pompeii and

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(1888–89). Later on, he taught classes at the Universities of

Marburg Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approxima ...

Czernowitz Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this city, which is situated on the up ...

and

Erlangen Erlangen (; East Franconian: ''Erlang'', Bavarian: ''Erlanga'') is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt (former administrative district Erlangen), and with 116,062 inhab ...

. From 1907 to 1931 he was a professor of ancient history at the

University of Jena The University of Jena, officially the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (german: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, abbreviated FSU, shortened form ''Uni Jena''), is a public research university located in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. The un ...

. His successor at Jena was

Fritz Schachermeyr Fritz Schachermeyr (1895 – 1987, also ''Schachermeyer'') was an Austrian historian, professor at the University of Vienna from 1952 until retirement. Schachermeyr was born in Linz, and studied in Graz, Berlin and Innsbruck. At Innsbruck, he wa ...

. In 1905 he published his magnum opus, "''Topographie von Athen''" (Topography of

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), a scientific guide to historical landmarks of Athens that has been issued in 31 editions up to the year 2012.

Published works

* ''Caesar im Orient : kritische Übersicht der Ergebnisse vom. 9. Aug. 48 bis Oct. 47'', (1885) – Caesar in the East, Critical overview of the events of 9 August 48 to October 47. * ''Kleinasiatische studien. Untersuchungen zur Griechisch-Persischen Geschichte des IV. jahrhunderts'', (1892) – "Klein asian" studies. Investigations of Greco-Persian history in the fourth century BC. * ''Altertümer von Hierapolis'', (1898; with Carl Humann,

Franz Winter Franz Winter (4 February 1861 in Braunschweig – 11 February 1930 in Bonn) was a German archaeologist. He specialized in ancient Greek and Roman art, being particularly known for his analyses of individual statues, such as the Apollo Belvedere. ...

, Conrad Cichorius) – Antiquities of Hierapolis. * ''Topographie von Athen'', (1905) – Topography of Athens.HathiTrust Digital Library
list of published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Judeich, Walther 1859 births 1942 deaths Writers from Dresden 19th-century German archaeologists Academic staff of the University of Jena Academic staff of the University of Marburg Academic staff of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Academic staff of Chernivtsi University German male non-fiction writers Leipzig University alumni University of Tübingen alumni University of Strasbourg alumni 20th-century German historians