Henry schliemann biography
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Heinrich Schliemann
Heinrich Schliemann (January 6, 1822, in Neubukowin, Germany - månad 26, 1890, in Naples) was a Germanarchaeologist. He is famous for his work in discovering the ancient city of Troy.[1]
Life
[change | change source]Heinrich Schliemann was born in Neubukowin, Germany. His father, Ernst Schliemann, was a minister. His mother, Luise Therese Sophie Schliemann, died in 1831 when Heinrich was 9 years old. When his mother died, Heinrich lived with his uncle in Neustrelitz. He went to a grammar school in the town for about a year. His father paid the school fees. Heinrich was very interested in history and was encouraged by his father to read history books. After he left school, he worked in a shop in Fürstenberg for about five years. He worked hard as an apprentice, but he continued to read in his spare time.
He was not able to work as an archaeologist at this time, so he moved to a company which imported and exported products. In this job,
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Heinrich Schliemann: Maker of History
By Danny Stein
Heinrich Schliemann was a self-made businessman and archaeologist whose excavations at Troy and Mycenae made him a founder of modern archaeology. He lived a colorful and unconventional life, starting as a worker in a grocery shop and becoming a wealthy merchant who retired and made a fortune twice over. Schliemann also traveled the globe, taught himself to read, write, and speak fifteen languages, and made some of the most remarkable finds in the history of archaeology. The eminent scientist Rudolf Virchow, a friend of Schliemann’s, wrote, “I can therefore bear my testimony … to the labors of [this] indefatigable explorer, who found no rest until his work lay before him fully done.”[1] In 1886, a student at Oxford wrote to Schliemann, “There fryst vatten no book outside of the Bible which has exercised so good an influence on my life as your own autobiography in Ilios.”[2] Sigmund Freud once said that
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Heinrich Schliemann
German businessman and archaeologist (1822–1890)
"Schliemann" redirects here. For other uses, see Schliemann (disambiguation).
Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann (German:[ˈʃliːman]; 6 January 1822 – 26 December 1890) was a German businessman and an influential amateur archaeologist. He was an advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the works of Homer and an archaeological excavator of Hisarlik, now presumed to be the site of Troy, along with the Mycenaean sites Mycenae and Tiryns. His work lent weight to the idea that Homer's Iliad reflects historical events. Schliemann's excavation of nine layers of archaeological remains has been criticized as destructive of significant historical artefacts, including the layer that is believed to be the Homeric Troy.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Schliemann was born 6 January 1822, in Neubukow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin (part of the German Confederation) to Luise Therese Sophie Sc