Ernst Pfuhl

Ernst Pfuhl (17 November 1876, Charlottenburg – 7 August 1940, Basel) was a German-Swiss classical archaeologist and art historian. He was the son of sculptor Johannes Pfuhl (1846–1914) and a son-in-law to art dealer Athanasios Rhousopoulos (1823–1898).

Biography He studied under Reinhard Kekulé von Stradonitz and Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff at the University of Berlin, and later on, performed excavations at the necropolis at Thera as an assistant to Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen. In 1905 he received his habilitation at the University of Göttingen, and in 1911, became a "full professor" at the University of Basel. At Basel he founded the in 1912. He remained at Basel until his death in 1940, his successor being Karl Schefold. In 1941 his personal art collection was auctioned in Lucerne. Pfuhl also contributed numerous articles to the second edition of the Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft.