Samuel Wide

Samuel (Sam) Karl Anders Wide (17 October 1861, Stora Tuna 13 February 1918, Uppsala) was a Swedish classical archaeologist, ancient historian and philologist.

Samuel Wide (1892)

In 1888 he received his PhD in Greek language and literature from Uppsala University. In 1895 he became a professor of classical languages at the University of Lund, attaining a similar position at Uppsala in 1899. In 1909 he became the first professor of classical archaeology and ancient history at the University of Uppsala.[1]

In 1893–95, he travelled extensively throughout Italy and Greece. In the summer of 1894, with Lennart Kjellberg, he performed excavatory work of the Sanctuary of Poseidon on the island of Kalaureia.[2] This was considered to be the first Swedish archaeological excavation in Greece. Later the same year, he conducted an excavation at Aphidna in Attica.[3]

Published works

References

  1. Runeborg.org Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan
  2. Link text Berg, Ingrid (2016) Kalaureia 1894. A Cultural History of the First Swedish Excavation in Greece, Diss. Stockholm: Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis
  3. Fokult.su.se Making cultural history; New perspectives on Western heritage
  4. de.Wikisource bibliography
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