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Waser, Otto

    Full Name: Waser, Otto

    Gender: male

    Date Born: 1870

    Date Died: 1952

    Place Born: Zürich, Switzerland

    Home Country/ies: Switzerland

    Subject Area(s): Ancient Greek (culture or style), Classical, mythologies (religious concept), myths, and Roman (ancient Italian culture or period)


    Overview

    Specialist in Greek and Roman art and mythology. Succeeded H. Blümner as professor of Archaeology at the University of Zürich, 1919-1940. Founder and first editor of the contemporary cultural magazine “Die Schweiz.”


    Selected Bibliography

    Charon, Charun, Charos. Mythologisch-archäologische Monographie, 1898; Volkskunde und griechisch-römisches Altertum, 1916.


    Sources

    Archäologenbildnisse: Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassichen Archäologen deutscher Sprache. Reinhard Lullies, ed. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1988: 177-178.




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    "Waser, Otto." Dictionary of Art Historians (website). https://arthistorians.info/wasero/.


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