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Habicht, Christian, 1926-2018

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Personal name headingHabicht, Christian, 1926-2018
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Birth date1926-02-23
Death date2018-08-06
Place of birthDortmund (Germany)
Place of deathPrinceton (N.J.)
Field of activityGreece--History--Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C. Greece--History--281-146 B.C. Mediterranean Region--History--To 476 Inscriptions, Greek
AffiliationInstitute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.)
Universität Heidelberg
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Universität Hamburg
Profession or occupationHistorians Epigraphists College teachers Deans (Education)
Special noteFormerly on undifferentiated name record: n 83212515
Found inStudien zur Geschichte Athens in hellenistischer Zeit, c1982: t.p. (Christian Habicht)
LC data base, 8-9-83 (hdg.: Habicht, Christian)
Pausanias' Guide to ancient Greece, c1985: CIP t.p. (Christian Habicht) data sheet (b. Feb. 23, 1926)
Polybius. Historiae. English & Greek, 2010: t.p. (Christian Habicht) jkt. flap (Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)
Institute for Advanced Study WWW site, viewed Jan. 31, 2019 (Christian Habicht; b. 1926, Dortmund; d. Aug. 6, 2018, Princeton, N.J., aged 92; historian of the Hellenistic period and authority on Greek epigraphy; Ph. D. in ancient history in 1952, Universität Hamburg, where he held positions from 1952 to 1961; then served as a professor (1961-65) at the Philipps-Universität Marburg; prior to joining the Institute as a member in the School of Historical Studies in 1972-73 and being appointed professor in the School in 1973, he was professor (1965-73) and dean of the Faculty of Arts (1966-67) at the Universität Heidelberg; retired in 1998)
Associated languageeng ger