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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodor Mommsen has received more than 490,575 page views. His biography is available in 103 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 99 in 2019). Theodor Mommsen is the 3rd most popular archaeologist, the 95th most popular biography from Germany (up from 97th in 2019) and the 2nd 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 3 out of 151. Before him are Jean-François Champollion, and Heinrich Schliemann. After him are Howard Carter, Den, Arthur Evans, Edward Drinker Cope, Semerkhet, Zahi Hawass, Nynetjer, Marija Gimbutas, and Christian Jürgensen Thomsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Theodor Mommsen ranks 2. Before him is Henry David Thoreau. After him are William III of the Netherlands, Ivan Aivazovsky, Bahá'u'lláh, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Charles-François Daubigny, Niels Gade, Syed Ahmad Khan, Princess Clémentine of Orléans, and Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen. Among people deceased in 1903, Theodor Mommsen ranks 4. Before him are Paul Gauguin, Pope Leo XIII, and Herbert Spencer. After him are Camille Pissarro, Alois Hitler, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Alexander I of Serbia, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Otto Weininger, and Hugo Wolf.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theodor Mommsen ranks 95 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinrich Schliemann (1822), Carl von Clausewitz (1780), Wilhelm Keitel (1882), Nicholas of Cusa (1401), Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893), and Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050). After him are Gerhard Schröder (1944), Karl Lagerfeld (1933), Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368), Ernst Haeckel (1834), Claus von Stauffenberg (1907), and Erich Honecker (1912).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Germany

Among archaeologists born in Germany, Theodor Mommsen ranks 2. Before him are Heinrich Schliemann (1822). After him are Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752), Karl Richard Lepsius (1810), Leo Frobenius (1873), Isdal Woman (1940), Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1853), Ernst Curtius (1814), Ami Boué (1794), Max von Oppenheim (1860), Heinrich Karl Brugsch (1827), and Adolf Furtwängler (1853).

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