Theodor Panofka

"Panofka" redirects here. For the violinist, see Heinrich Panofka.
Theodor Panofka
Born(1800-02-25)25 February 1800
Breslau
Died20 June 1858(1858-06-20) (aged 58)
Berlin
Educationclassical philology at Berlin University (1819–23)
Occupationclassicist

Theodor Sigismund Panofka (25 February 1800, Breslau – 20 June 1858, Berlin) was a German archaeologist, art historian, and philologist. He was one of the first scholars to make a systematic study of the pottery of Ancient Greece, and one of the founders of the institution later to become the German Archaeological Institute (Deutsches archäologisches Institut).

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