Adolf Michaelis [SEP] place of birth
Adolf Michaelis
Adolf Michaelis (22 June 1835 – 12 August 1910) was a German classical scholar, a professor of art history at the University of Strasbourg from 1872, who helped establish the connoisseurship of Ancient Greek sculpture and Roman sculpture on their modern footing. Just at the cusp of the introduction of photography as a tool of art history, Michaelis pioneered in supplementing his descriptions with sketches.
Biography.
Adolf Michaelis was born in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, the son of the gynecologist Gustav Adolf Michaelis (1798–1848
Michaelis
Michaelis or Michelis is a surname. Notable people and characters with the surname include:
- Adolf Michaelis, German classical scholar
- Anthony R. Michaelis, German science writer
- Edward Michelis, German theologian
- Georg Michaelis, German politician
- Gustav Adolf Michaelis, German obstetrician and namesake of the rhombus of Michaelis
- Hans-Thorald Michaelis, German historian
- Johann David Michaelis, German biblical scholar
- John H. Michaelis, American four-star general
- Laura Michaelis, American linguist