Adolf Klügmann

Johann Adolf Klügmann ( born May 12, 1837 in Lübeck, † November 27, 1880 in Rome ) was a German classical archaeologist and numismatist.

Adolf Klügmann first studied with Otto Jahn at the University of Bonn and later in Berlin and Göttingen. Due to his health he spent since 1861 on the most of his life in Rome. Since 1873, he worked without pay as a librarian for the Imperial Archaeological Institute. In 1878 he also took over the editing of the initiated by Eduard Gerhard project Etruscan mirror, which in turn was led by Klügmanns death of Gustav Körte to an end. Its function as a librarian then took the true Second Director Wolfgang Helbig, which led to a noticeable downturn in quality in this field. In addition to the Etruscan mirrors Klügmann researched the Roman Numismatics, to ancient mythology, especially Amazons, as well as to Greek vase painting. The Klügmann Painter got him his Notnamen. Klügmann was buried in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome.