Roland Hampe

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Roland Hampe (2 December 1908 - 23 January 1981) was a German classical archaeologist. From 1959-1975 he was a professor at Heidelberg University. [1] He was the son of German historian Karl Hampe (1869-1936). [2] During World War II Hampe was a Wehrmacht interpreter in Greece. [3] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1979. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hölscher, Tonio. "Hampe, Roland." Brill's New Pauly Supplements I - Volume 6 : History of classical Scholarship - A Biographical Dictionary. Edited by: In collaboration with: Peter Kuhlmann, Helmuth Schneider, Brigitte Egger. Brill Online, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  2. Sorensen, Lee (2000). "Hampe, Roland". Dictionary of Art Historians. Duke University. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. Kankeleit, Alexandra. "The German Archaeological Institute at Athens in the Nazi era" (PDF).