Dragendorff, Hans

Date born:  1870

Place Born:  Dorpat

Date died:  1941

Place died:  Freiburg i.Br.

Specialist in ancient Roman art, particularly the residue of Roman occupation of Germany and Terrasigillita.  Dragendorff wrote his dissertation under Georg Loeschcke (q.v.) at the university in Bonn.  Director of Romans in German Commission of the Deutsche Archäologische Institut (DAI, German Archaeological Institute), 1902-1911, General Secretary of DAI (Berlin) 1911-1922.  Professor of Archaeology at the University of Freiburg i.Br., 1922- . Among students inspired by his lectures in Basel were Arnold von Salis (q.v.).

Home Country:  Germany/Switzerland

Sources:  Archäologenbildnisse: Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassichen Archäologen deutscher Sprache. Reinhard Lullies, ed. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1988: 179-180.

Bibliography:  Westdeutschland zur Römerzeit, 1912.  Arretinische Reliefkeramik mit Beschreibung der Sammlung in Tübingen, (published posthumously and edited by Carl Watzinger), 1948.