Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard (November 29, 1795 - May 12, 1867), German archaeologist was co-founder and secretary of the first international archaeological society.^[1] November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ...

Gerhard was born at Posen, and was educated at Breslau and Berlin. The reputation he acquired by his Lectiones Apollonianae (1816) led soon afterwards to his being appointed professor at the gymnasium of Posen. On resigning that office in 1819, on account of weakness of the eyes, he went in 1822 to Rome, where he remained for fifteen years. PoznaÅ„ (?· i; full official name: The Capital City of PoznaÅ„, Latin: , German: , Yiddish: פּױזן Poyzn) is a city in west-central Poland with over 578,900 inhabitants (2002). ... The main building of WrocÅ‚aw University, seen from the University bridge (Most Uniwersytecki) spanning the Oder River. ... Alternative meaning: Humboldt State University, located in Arcata, California Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin (German Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) is the successor to Berlins oldest university, the Friedrich Wilhelm University (Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität), founded in 1810 by the liberal Prussian educational reformer... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) coordinates: 41°54′N 12°29′E Time Zone: UTC+1 Administration Subdivisions 19 municipi Province Rome Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni ( The Union ) Characteristics Area 1,285 km² Population 2,547,677 (2005 estimate) Density 1983...

Under the leadership of Christian von Bunsen, Prussian ambassador to Rome, Gerhard was one of the principal originators of the Instituto di corrispondenza archeologica, founded at Rome in 1829. This model of international cooperation and systematic scientific publication was influenced by the example of Alexander von Humboldt. Gerhard served as secretary to the new Institute. Returning to Germany in 1837 he was appointed archaeologist at the Royal Museum of Berlin, and in 1844 was chosen a member of the Academy of Sciences, and a professor in the university. Christian Charles Josias, Baron von Bunsen (August 25, 1791 - November 28, 1860), Prussian diplomatist and scholar, was born at Korbach, an old town in the little German principality of Waldeck. ... An 1859 portrait of Alexander von Humboldt by the artist Julius Schrader, showing Mount Chimborazo in the background. ...

Publications

Gerhard contributed to Platner's Beschreibung der Stadt Rom. Besides a large number of archaeological papers in periodicals, in the Annali of the Institute of Rome, and in the Transactions of the Berlin Academy, and several illustrated catalogues of Greek, Roman and other antiquities in the Berlin, Naples and Vatican Museuma Gerhard was the author of the following works:

• Antike Bildwerke (Stuttgart, 1827-1844)
• Auserlesene griech. Vasenbilder (1839—1858)
• Etruskische Spiegel (1839-1865)
• Hyperboreisch-röm. Studien (vol. i., 1833; vol. ii., 1852)
• Prodromus mytholog. Kunsterklärung (Stuttgart and Tübingen, 1828)
• Griech. Mythologie (1854-1855)
• Gesammelte akademische Abhandlungen und kleine Schriften were published posthumously in 2 vols., Berlin, 1867.

Notes

1. ^ Schnapp, Alain Eduard Gerhard: Founder of Classical Archaeology? in MODERNISM /modernity Vol.11 No.1 (2004), pp169–171, Johns Hopkins Univeristy Press on website Archaeolog - all things archaeological at Stanford University, accessed at [1] June 26, 2006

References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.