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BECKER, WILHELM ADOLF (17961846)

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 608 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BAR-BEC
BECKER, WILHELM ADOLF (17961846) ,
German
  classical archaeologist, was born at Dresden. At first destined for a commercial
life
 , he was in 1812 sent to the celebrated school at Pforta. In 1816 he entered the university of
Leipzig
 , where he studied under
Beck
  and Hermann. After holding subordinate posts at Zerbst and Meissen, he was in 1842 appointed
professor
  of archaeology at
Leipzig
 . He died at Meissen on the 3oth of September 1846. The works by which Becker is most widely known are the Gallus or Romische Scenen aus der Zeit Augusts (1838, new ed. by Golf, 18801882), and the Charicles or Bilder altgriechischer Sitte (1840, new ed. by Go11, '8771878). These two books, which have been translated into
English
  by Frederick
Metcalfe
 , contain a very interesting description of the everyday
life
  of the ancient Greeks and Romans, in the form of a romance. The notes and appendixes are valuable. More important is the
great
  Handbuch der rom. Alterthumer (18431868), completed after Becker's death by Marquardt and Mommsen. Becker's
treatises
  De Comicis Romanorum Fabulis (1837), De Romae Veteris Muris atque Portis (1842), Die romische Topographic in Rom (1844), and Zur romischen Topographic (1845) may also be mentioned.


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