Background
He was the son of historian Ernst Ludwig Dümmler (1830-1902).
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He was the son of historian Ernst Ludwig Dümmler (1830-1902).
At Strassburg, he studied under Adolf Michaelis (1835-1910), and in Bonn, he had as instructors Franz Bücheler (1837-1908), Hermann Usener (1834-1905) and Reinhard Kekulé von Stradonitz (1839-1911).
He was a student at the Universities of Halle, Strassburg and Bonn. In 1882 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the philosopher Antisthenes. Following graduation, he undertook archaeological research excursions through Italy, Greece, Cyprus and the Aegean Islands.
From 1887 to 1890, he was a lecturer at the University of Giessen, and afterwards was a professor of philology and archaeology at the University of Basel.
Dümmler died of an illness in Basel on November 15, 1896 at the age of 37.