Blegen, Carl William
Born: Jan 27, 1887 AD
Died: 1971 AD, at 84 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Archaeologist
Died: 1971 AD, at 84 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Archaeologist
1887 - Carl William Blegen was born on the 27th of January in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1904 - Earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota.
1907 - Started graduate studies at Yale University.
1911-1913 - In Greece, he was a fellow at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
1919 - Received the Saviors Order from Greece.
1920 - Following the war he completed his Ph.D. at Yale University.
1920-1926 - Became the assistant director of the American School, during his tenure he excavated at Zygouries, Phlius, Prosymna, and Hymettos.
1924 - He married Elizabeth Denny Pierce in Lake Placid, New York.
1927-1957 - Blegen was professor of classical archaeology at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio.
1932-1938 - He directed the university's excavations of the mound of Hisarlik, the site of Troy.
1951 - Received honorary degrees from the University of Oslo and the University of Thessaloniki.
1957 - Received honorary D.Litt.from Oxford.
1958 - An honorary LL.D. from University of Cincinnati.
1963 - Further honorary degrees came: Litt.D. from Cambridge, and others from the University of Athens, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem.
1965 - The Archaeological Institute of America awarded him the Gold Medal for archaeological achievement.
1971 - Carl William Blegen died on 24th of August in Athens, Greece.
1904 - Earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota.
1907 - Started graduate studies at Yale University.
1911-1913 - In Greece, he was a fellow at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
1919 - Received the Saviors Order from Greece.
1920 - Following the war he completed his Ph.D. at Yale University.
1920-1926 - Became the assistant director of the American School, during his tenure he excavated at Zygouries, Phlius, Prosymna, and Hymettos.
1924 - He married Elizabeth Denny Pierce in Lake Placid, New York.
1927-1957 - Blegen was professor of classical archaeology at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio.
1932-1938 - He directed the university's excavations of the mound of Hisarlik, the site of Troy.
1951 - Received honorary degrees from the University of Oslo and the University of Thessaloniki.
1957 - Received honorary D.Litt.from Oxford.
1958 - An honorary LL.D. from University of Cincinnati.
1963 - Further honorary degrees came: Litt.D. from Cambridge, and others from the University of Athens, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem.
1965 - The Archaeological Institute of America awarded him the Gold Medal for archaeological achievement.
1971 - Carl William Blegen died on 24th of August in Athens, Greece.
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