Andreas Alföldi
Hungarian historian (1895-1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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András (Andreas) Ede Zsigmond Alföldi (27 August 1895 – 12 February 1981) was a Hungarian historian, art historian, epigraphist, numismatist and archaeologist, specializing in the Late Antique period. He was one of the most productive 20th-century scholars of the ancient world and is considered one of the leading researchers of his time. Although some of his research results are controversial,[citation needed] his work in several areas is viewed as groundbreaking.
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Andreas Alföldi | |
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Alföldi András | |
Born | 27 August 1895 (1895-08-27) |
Died | 12 February 1981 (1981-02-13) (aged 85) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
Spouse | Elisabeth Alföldi-Rosenbaum |
Parent(s) | Antal Alföldi Sarolta Klein |
Awards | Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society (1953) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | History of late antiquity |
Institutions | University of Debrecen University of Budapest Princeton University |
Professor Alföldi contributed significantly to the massive Cambridge Ancient History, including Vol. 12: The Imperial Crisis and Recovery. He became a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1955.[1]