ARCHAEOLOGIST

Theodor Mommsen

1817 - 1903

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Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (; German: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈmɔmzn̩] ; 30 November 1817 – 1 November 1903) was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and archaeologist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest classicists of the 19th century. He received the 1902 Nobel Prize in Literature for his historical writings, including The History of Rome, after having been nominated by 18 members of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. He was also a prominent German politician, as a member of the Prussian and German parliaments. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodor Mommsen is the most popular archaeologist (up from 3rd in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Germany (up from 95th in 2019) and the most popular German Archaeologist.

Theodor Mommsen was a German historian, archaeologist, and jurist. He is most famous for his work on Roman history.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Theodor Mommsen ranks 1 out of 151. After him are Jean-François Champollion, Heinrich Schliemann, 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 1817, Theodor Mommsen ranks 2. Before him is Bahá'u'lláh. After him are Henry David Thoreau, Ivan Aivazovsky, William III of the Netherlands, Syed Ahmad Khan, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Charles-François Daubigny, Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Carl Nägeli, and Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen. Among people deceased in 1903, Theodor Mommsen ranks 3. Before him are Pope Leo XIII, and Paul Gauguin. After him are Herbert Spencer, Camille Pissarro, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Alois Hitler, Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Alexander I of Serbia, and Hugo Wolf.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theodor Mommsen ranks 78 out of 7,253. Before him are Erich Fromm (1900), Ambrose (340), Albertus Magnus (1206), Karl Lagerfeld (1933), Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361), and Richard Strauss (1864). After him are Helmut Kohl (1930), Emil Fischer (1852), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714), Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805), Martin Bormann (1900), and Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Germany

Among archaeologists born in Germany, Theodor Mommsen ranks 1. After him are Heinrich Schliemann (1822), 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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