GERHARD

gerhard, friedrich wilhelm eduard (1795-1867), german archaeologist, was born at posen on the 29th of november 1795, and was educated at breslau and berlin. the reputation he acquired by his _lectiones apollonianae_ (1816) led soon afterwards to his being appointed professor at the gymnasium of posen. on resigning that office in 1819, on account of weakness of the eyes, he went in 1822 to rome, where he remained for fifteen years. he contributed to platner's _beschreibung der stadt rom_, then under the direction of bunsen, and was one of the principal originators and during his residence in italy director of the _instituto di corrispondenza archeologica_, founded at rome in 1828. returning to germany in 1837 he was appointed archaeologist at the royal museum of berlin, and in 1844 was chosen a member of the academy of sciences, and a professor in the university. he died at berlin on the 12th of may 1867. besides a large number of archaeological papers in periodicals, in the _annali_ of the institute of rome, and in the transactions of the berlin academy, and several illustrated catalogues of greek, roman and other antiquities in the berlin, naples and vatican museums, gerhard was the author of the following works: _antike bildwerke_ (stuttgart, 1827-1844); _auserlesene griech. vasenbilder_ (1839-1858); _etruskische spiegel_ (1839-1865); _hyperboreisch-rom. studien_ (vol. i., 1833; vol. ii., 1852); _prodromus mytholog. kunsterklarung_ (stuttgart and tubingen, 1828); and _griech. mythologie_ (1854-1855). his _gesammelte akademische abhandlungen und kleine schriften_ were published posthumously in 2 vols., berlin, 1867.