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Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann (German: [ˈʃliːman]; 6 January 1822 – 26 December 1890) was a German businessman and an influential amateur archaeologist.He was an advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the works of Homer and an archaeological excavator of Hisarlik, now presumed to be the site of Troy, along with the Mycenaean sites Mycenae and Tiryns.
Articles relating to the German businessman and amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) and his career. Pages in category "Heinrich Schliemann" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
Schliemann's Trench, as seen in 2012. Schliemann's Trench (sometimes referred to as Schliemann's Great Trench) [1] [2] is the name commonly given to a 17-metre-deep (56-foot) gash cut into the side of Hisarlik, Turkey, between 1871 and 1890 by Heinrich Schliemann in his quest to find the ruins of Troy. By digging this trench, Schliemann ...
Heinrich Schliemann was born in Neubukow in 1822. His father was a pastor; the family moved to this 18th-century rectory in 1823. He lived here until 1832, a year after the death of his mother, when he moved to Kalkhorst to live with his father's brother. From 1834 he attended school in Neustrelitz. [1]
Timeline of Sweden during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Netherlands during World War II (1939–1945) Chronology of the liberation of Dutch cities and towns during World War II; Chronology of the liberation of Belgian cities and towns during World War II; Timeline of the Manhattan Project (1939–1947) Timeline of air operations ...
During World War II, he was head of the Theoretical Division at the secret Los Alamos laboratory which developed the first atomic bombs. Emil Adolf von Behring: Discovered the diphtheria antitoxin. It was the world's first cure for a disease (1891). [3] He was awarded history's first Nobel Prize in Physiology of Medicine in 1901.
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all the world's countries—including all the great powers—participated, with many investing all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in pursuit of total war, blurring the distinction between military and ...
This is a timeline of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events preceding World War II. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 brought many countries into the war. This event, and the declaration of war by France and Britain two days ...