Otto Walter
Austrian classical archaeologist
About Otto Walter
Lived 1882 – 1965 (aged 82–83). Otto Walter was an Austrian art historian, archaeologist, university teacher and classical archaeologist.
Otto Walter (1882, in Vienna – 1965, in Parsch in the state of Salzburg) was an Austrian archaeologist.
From 1908 until 1938 he worked at the Austrian Archaeological Institute at Athens. After the Anschluss he worked at the German Archaeological Institute at Athens. He became a professor in 1945 at the University of Vienna. He was a professor in Salzburg in 1948 and again at Vienna from 1951 to 1953 with Josef Keil, director of the Österreichischen Archäologischen Institutes, lit. the Austrian Archaeological institutes.
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Who was Otto Walter?
Austrian classical archaeologist (1882–1965)
When was Otto Walter born?
Otto Walter was born in 1882 in Vienna.
When did Otto Walter die?
Otto Walter died in 1965 in Parsch.
What was Otto Walter's occupation?
Otto Walter was an art historian, archaeologist, university teacher and classical archaeologist.
What nationality was Otto Walter?
Otto Walter was Austrian.
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