Karl Dilthey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karl Dilthey

German classical philologist and archaeologist

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1839

Place of Birth: Biebrich, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 04-Mar-1907

Profession: university teacher, art historian, classical scholar, archaeologist, anthropologist, classical archaeologist, classical philologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Karl Dilthey (18 March 1839, Biebrich – 4 March 1907, Göttingen) was a German classical scholar and archaeologist. After studying at Breslau and Bonn, Dilthey — younger brother of the renowned philosopher Wilhelm Dilthey — travelled to Greece.
After being privatdozent at Bonn until 1866/67, he moved to Rome and in 1869 to the University of Zurich, where he was appointed a full professor of classical philology and archaeology.
In 1878 he moved to Göttingen as a full professor of classical philology, later archaeology.
He became director to the archaeological-numismatic collections of the university and a full member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences.