Wilhelm Klein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wilhelm Klein

Austrian archaeologist

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1850

Place of Birth: Caransebeș, Caraș-Severin County, Romania

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1924

Profession: pedagogue, university teacher, art historian, archaeologist, anthropologist, classical archaeologist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Wilhelm Klein (November 28, 1850 in Karánsebes (today Caransebes), Hungary – 1924) was a Hungarian-Austrian archeologist. He was born in Karánsebes, Krassó-Szörény County, Kingdom of Hungary (today Caransebes, Caras-Severin County, Romania) He first studied Jewish theology and then philosophy at Vienna and Prague.
The Austrian government subsequently sent him to Italy and Greece, where he engaged in archeological investigations, studying especially antique pottery.
Klein was a professor of archeology at the German University of Prague, and a member of the Gesellschaft zur Förderung Deutscher Wissenschaft, Kunst, und Literatur in Böhmen, as well as of the German Archeological Institute.
He has published: "Euphronius" (1886); "Die Griechischen Vasen, mit Meisterinschriften" (2d edition, Vienna, 1887); and "Praxiteles" (1897).