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BECKER, WILHELM ADOLF (1796—1846)

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BECKER, WILHELM ADOLF (1796—1846) , See also:German classical archaeologist, was See also:born at See also:Dresden. At first destined for a commercial See also:life, he was in 1812 sent to the celebrated school at See also:Pforta. In 1816 he entered the university of See also:Leipzig, where he studied under See also:Beck and See also:Hermann. After holding subordinate posts at See also:Zerbst and See also:Meissen, he was in 1842 appointed See also:professor of See also:archaeology at Leipzig. He died at Meissen on the 3oth of See also:September 1846. The See also:works by which Becker is most widely known are the See also:Gallus or Romische Scenen aus der Zeit Augusts (1838, new ed. by See also:Golf, 1880—1882), and the Charicles or Bilder altgriechischer Sitte (1840, new ed. by Go11, '877—1878). These two books, which have been translated into See also:English by See also:Frederick See also:Metcalfe, contain a very interesting description of the everyday life of the See also:ancient Greeks and See also:Romans, in the See also:form of a See also:romance. The notes and appendixes are valuable. More important is the See also:great Handbuch der rom. Alterthumer (1843—1868), completed after Becker's See also:death by See also:Marquardt and See also:Mommsen. Becker's See also:treatises De Comicis Romanorum Fabulis (1837), De Romae Veteris Muris atque Portis (1842), See also:Die romische Topographic in Rom (1844), and Zur romischen Topographic (1845) may also be mentioned.

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