ARCHAEOLOGIST

Heinrich Schliemann

1822 - 1890

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Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann (German: [ˈʃliːman]; 6 January 1822 – 26 December 1890) was a German businessman and an influential amateur archaeologist. He was an advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the works of Homer and an archaeological excavator of Hisarlık, now presumed to be the site of Troy, along with the Mycenaean sites Mycenae and Tiryns. His work lent weight to the idea that Homer's Iliad reflects historical events. Schliemann's excavation of nine layers of archaeological remains has been criticized as destructive of significant historical artefacts, including the layer that is believed to be the Homeric Troy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Schliemann is the 3rd most popular archaeologist (down from 2nd in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Germany (down from 89th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Archaeologist.

Heinrich Schliemann was a German businessman and amateur archaeologist who was best known for his discovery of Troy in 1873.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Heinrich Schliemann ranks 3 out of 151. Before him are Theodor Mommsen, and Jean-François Champollion. After him are Howard Carter, Edward Drinker Cope, Arthur Evans, Den, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Colin Renfrew, Semerkhet, Marija Gimbutas, and Johann Friedrich Blumenbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, Heinrich Schliemann ranks 4. Before him are Louis Pasteur, Ulysses S. Grant, and Gregor Mendel. After him are Frédéric Passy, Rudolf Clausius, César Franck, Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, Francis Galton, Rutherford B. Hayes, Alexander Mackenzie, and Prince Napoléon Bonaparte. Among people deceased in 1890, Heinrich Schliemann ranks 2. Before him is Vincent van Gogh. After him are Carlo Collodi, Sitting Bull, César Franck, Amadeo I of Spain, William III of the Netherlands, Gyula Andrássy, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, Joseph Merrick, Carl Bloch, and Henri Nestlé.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Schliemann ranks 118 out of 7,253. Before him are Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893), Gottlieb Daimler (1834), William the Silent (1533), Ernst Haeckel (1834), Nikolaus Otto (1832), and Albert Speer (1905). After him are Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846), Claus von Stauffenberg (1907), Philip Melanchthon (1497), Arminius (-17), Frederick William III of Prussia (1770), and Erich Honecker (1912).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Germany

Among archaeologists born in Germany, Heinrich Schliemann ranks 2. Before him are Theodor Mommsen (1817). After him are Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752), Isdal Woman (1940), Karl Richard Lepsius (1810), Leo Frobenius (1873), Ernst Curtius (1814), Ami Boué (1794), Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1853), Max von Oppenheim (1860), Adolf Furtwängler (1853), and Heinrich Karl Brugsch (1827).

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