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Robert Koldewey

1855 - 1925

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Robert Johann Koldewey (10 September 1855 – 4 February 1925) was a German archaeologist, famous for his in-depth excavation of the ancient city of Babylon in modern-day Iraq. He was born in Blankenburg am Harz in Germany, the duchy of Brunswick, and died in Berlin at the age of 69. His digs at Babylon revealed the foundations of the ziggurat Marduk, and the Ishtar Gate; he also developed several modern archaeological techniques including a method to identify and excavate mud brick architecture. This technique was particularly useful in his excavation of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (1899–1917) which were built ca. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Koldewey is the 187th most popular architect (down from 122nd in 2019), the 2,111th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,236th in 2019) and the 20th most popular German Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Robert Koldewey ranks 187 out of 518. Before him are Christian de Portzamparc, Günter Behnisch, David Chipperfield, John Vanbrugh, Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, and Jacobus Oud. After him are Michael Ventris, Hans Poelzig, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Bernard Tschumi, Ödön Lechner, and Alexander Tamanian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Robert Koldewey ranks 30. Before him are Živojin Mišić, Guido Adler, Louis de Beaufront, Vlaho Bukovac, Axel Paulsen, and Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. After him are David Bruce, Paul Émile Appell, Edwin Hall, Alexandros Zaimis, Vsevolod Garshin, and Xu Shichang. Among people deceased in 1925, Robert Koldewey ranks 61. Before him are Nikolai Golitsyn, René Viviani, Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow, John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, Khải Định, and Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro. After him are Joel Hastings Metcalf, Sidney Reilly, Aristide Bruant, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, Myer Prinstein, and Sheikh Said.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Robert Koldewey ranks 2,112 out of 7,253. Before him are Walter Brandmüller (1929), Adolph Freiherr Knigge (1752), Gerhard Schmidhuber (1894), Dora Ratjen (1918), Johannes R. Becher (1891), and Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen (1202). After him are Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1617), Andreas Osiander (1498), Walter Buch (1883), Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein (1757), Anne-Sophie Mutter (1963), and William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1516).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Robert Koldewey ranks 20. Before him are Gottfried Böhm (1920), Paul Troost (1878), Carl Ludvig Engel (1778), Lilly Reich (1885), Günter Behnisch (1922), and Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662). After him are Hans Poelzig (1869), Ernst Neufert (1900), Friedrich von Schmidt (1825), Adolf Meyer (1881), Hermann Tilke (1954), and Nicodemus Tessin the Elder (1615).

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