Ludwig Ross

Ludwig Ross

Ludwig Ross (22 July 1806, Bornhöved – 6 August 1859, Halle an der Saale) was a German classical archaeologist. His family came from northern Scotland, and his father, Colin Ross, married Juliane Auguste Remin and managed the Gut Altekoppel in Bornhöved; their many children included Ludwig's younger brother the painter Karl Ross.^[1]

Life

Ludwig studied classical philology at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel. He graduated from there with a PhD thesis on Aristophanes before going on research trips to Greece, western Asia Minor and Cyprus.

Bibliography

• Hans Rupprecht Goette, Olga Palagia (ed.s): Ludwig Ross und Griechenland. Akten des internationalen Kolloquiums, Athen, 2.–3. Oktober 2002 [Internationale Archäologie. Studia honoraria Band 24]. Marie Leidorf, Rahden/Westf. 2005, ISBN 3-89646-424-8.
• Andreas E. Furtwängler: Ludwig Ross in Halle. Aspekte eines Leidensweges. In: Ludwig Ross und Griechenland. Akten des internationalen Kolloquiums, Athen, 2.-3.Oktober 2002(Rahden 2005) 275-280.
• Christoph Helm: Ludwig Ross und seine Bedeutung für die klassischen Altertumswissenschaften. Winckelmann-Gesellschaft, Stendal 2000 [Akzidenzen, 12].
• Ulf Kruse: Die Sozialisation des Altertumsforschers Ludwig Ross (1806 - 1859) in Schleswig-Holstein. In: Schleswig-Holstein 12, 2004, S. 11-15. ISSN 0037-7247 (Warning: Check ISSN).
• Ina E. Minner: Ewig ein Fremder im fremden Lande – Ludwig Ross (1806–1859) und Griechenland. Biographie. Bibliopolis, Möhnesee-Wamel 2006, ISBN 3-933925-82-7.

External links

• Literature by and about Ludwig Ross in the German National Library catalogue

References

1. Stephen L. Dyson (1 October 2008). In Pursuit of Ancient Pasts: A History of Classical Archaeology in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Yale University Press. pp. 74–. ISBN 0-300-13497-5.