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.