Samuel Wide, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel Wide

Swedish historian and archaeologist

Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1861

Place of Birth: Stora Tuna Rural Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden

Date of Death: 13-Feb-1918

Profession: historian, university teacher, archaeologist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Samuel (Sam) Karl Anders Wide (17 October 1861, Stora Tuna – 13 February 1918, Uppsala) was a Swedish classical archaeologist, ancient historian and philologist. In 1888 he received his PhD in Greek language and literature from Uppsala University.
In 1895 he became a professor of classical languages at the University of Lund, attaining a similar position at Uppsala in 1899.
In 1909 he became the first professor of classical archaeology and ancient history at the University of Uppsala.In 1893–95, he travelled extensively throughout Italy and Greece.
In the summer of 1894, with Lennart Kjellberg, he performed excavatory work of the Sanctuary of Poseidon on the island of Kalaureia.
This was considered to be the first Swedish archaeological excavation in Greece.
Later the same year, he conducted an excavation at Aphidna in Attica.