About Wilhelm Fröhner
Lived 1834 – 1925 (aged 90). Wilhelm Fröhner was a German and French art historian, archaeologist, exhibition curator, numismatist and classical scholar.
Wilhelm Fröhner or Guillaume Frœhner (17 August 1834 – 22 May 1925) was a curator at the Musée du Louvre, an archaeological researcher and collector of antiquities in Paris. As a historian, he publicly rejected Gustave Flaubert's depiction of infanticide in Punic culture, described in Salammbô.
Among his private purchases was the Nazareth Inscription, an imperial Roman inscription in Greek that was sent to him from Nazareth. Unfortunately, part of his working library was lost in the fire at the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in 2004.
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Who was Wilhelm Fröhner?
French art historian (1834–1925)
When was Wilhelm Fröhner born?
Wilhelm Fröhner was born on 17 August 1834 in Karlsruhe.
When did Wilhelm Fröhner die?
Wilhelm Fröhner died on 21 May 1925 in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
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Wilhelm Fröhner was an art historian, archaeologist, exhibition curator, numismatist and classical scholar.
What nationality was Wilhelm Fröhner?
Wilhelm Fröhner was German and French.
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