| Code | DS/UK/979 |
| Dates | 21/06/1864-19/07/1945 |
| Person Name | Wölfflin; Heinrich (21/06/1864-19/07/1945); Prof. Dr. phil. |
| Surname | Wölfflin |
| Forenames | Heinrich |
| Title | Prof. Dr. phil. |
| Activity | Art Historian; (1893-1901); Privatdozent at the University of Munich; succeeded Jacob Burckhardt as Professor in Basle (1893-1901); Professor at the University of Berlin (1901-12); Professor at the University of Munich (1912-1924); Professor at the University of Zurich; member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences (since 1911). |
| Relationships | Son of Eduard von Wölfflin and Bertha Wölfflin, née Troll-Greuter. |
| History | Studied art history and philosophy at the universities of Munich, Basle and Berlin (1882-1886); doctoral dissertation 'Prolegomena zu einer Psychologie der Architektur' (1886), Habilitation 'Renaisance and Barock' (1888). |
| Source | Podro, Michael, "Wölfflin, Heinrich", in: The Dictionary of Art, vol. 33, pp. 297-298; URL: <http://www.arthistoricum.net/themenportale/kunstgeschichte/ressourcen-kunstliteratur-digital/heinrich-woelfflin/> [accessed 03/05/2011] |
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