David Moore Robinson

David Moore Robinson ( born September 21, 1880 in Auburn, New York, † January 2, 1958 in Oxford, Mississippi) was an American classical archaeologist.

Life

David M. Robinson studied from 1890 to 1894 at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University. He then continued his studies at the University of Chicago, where he reached the master degree in 1898. Beginning in 1901, he stayed at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens ( ASCOE ). From there he traveled through Greece. In 1902 he was appointed a Fellow of the ASCOE and participated in the excavations at Corinth. In the summer of the same year he held for the first time in Germany and attended lectures at the University of Halle. From 1903 to 1904 he continued his studies at the Berlin University and worked on his dissertation project on the ancient city of Sinope, which was funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. 1904 Robinson was thus at the University of Chicago for the Ph.D. doctorate.

After his return to the U.S. Robinson worked as Assistant Professor of Greek at Illinois College. In 1905, he joined as an Assistant Professor of Classical Archaeology at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. From here, he made more trips abroad in 1909 he stayed at the University of Bonn, 1910, he participated in the excavations at Sardis. 1912 Robinson was appointed professor of Greek (since 1913: Classical) Archaeology and Epigraphy appointed in 1920 to WH Collins Vickers Professor of Archaeology and Epigraphy. From 1915 until his retirement in 1947 he held also as a Lecturer from Greek language exercises. In retirement he taught until his death as professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Mississippi, he bequeathed his important collection of antiquities.

At Robinson's students include George MA hemp man, Allan Chester Johnson, George E. Mylonas, Paul A. Clement, Jr., James Walter Graham and William A. McDonald.

In 1924, Robinson led on behalf of the University of Chicago excavations at Antioch in Pisidia and Sizma. His most important achievement was the excavation of the ancient city of Olynthus in Macedonia, he uncovered from 1928 to 1938 in four excavation campaigns in part.

Robinson's merits as an archaeologist is also demonstrated by the 14 volumes of the excavation reports of Olynthus, where he worked until 1952. Further research priorities Robinsons were the ancient epigraphy and numismatics. He was a member of several scientific societies at home and abroad and co-editor of several journals and anthologies. During his career, he received a doctorate of Jamestown College ( 1915), Trinity College (1925 ), Syracuse University (1933 ) and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki ( 1951).