Wilhelm Kraiker

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Wilhelm Kraiker (4 August 1899 – 24 April 1987) was a German classical archaeologist.

Life

Born in

University of Kiel. On 1 January 1949 he was appointed full professor and at the same time director of the Antikensammlung Kiel. In 1968 he became emeritus
.

Kraiker's best-known work is the Griechenlandkunde (1st edition 1955), which was written with Ernst Kirsten and which emerged from guide sheets of the German art protection for soldiers during the Second World War. The work was completely revised and reprinted in 1962.

Kraiker died in Rome aged 87.

Publications

  • Die Nekropolen des 12. bis 10. Jahrhunderts.[1]
  • Hellas Kunst der Griechen.[2]
  • Aigina, die Vasen des 10. bis 7. Jahrhunderts v. Chr.[3]
  • Die rotfigurigen attischen Vasen.[4]
  • Griechenlandkunde : ein Führer zu klassischen Stätten.[5]

Literature

  • Julia Freifrau Hiller von Gaertringen: Deutsche Archäologische Unternehmungen im besetzten Griechenland 1941–1944.[6] in Athenische Mitteilungen. 110, 1995, pp. 465–466.

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