Josef Keil, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Josef Keil

Austrian historian, epigrapher and archaeologist

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1878

Date of Death: 13-Dec-1963

Profession: historian, university teacher, art historian, archaeologist, anthropologist, epigrapher

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Josef Keil

  • Josef Keil (13 October 1878 – 13 December 1963) was an Austrian historian, epigrapher and an archaeologist. Keil was born on 13 October 1878 in Reichenberg, northern Bohemia (now Czech Republic).
  • He studied classical literature, epigraphy and archaeology at the University of Vienna, and received his doctorate there.
  • He began his career in 1904 as a scientific secretary at the Austrian archaeological institute in Smyrna (now Izmir, Turkey).
  • He excavated archaeological sites in Asia Minor, particularly in Lydia.
  • He led the excavations in Ephesus.
  • He was a professor of ancient history at the University of Greifswald from 1927 to 1936, and at the University of Vienna from 1936 to 1951.
  • From 1945 until 1949, he was the Secretary General of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
  • From 1949 to 1956, he was the director of the Austrian Archaeological Institute with Otto Walter and Fritz Eichler.
  • He died in Vienna on 13 December 1963.

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