Background
Solin, Heikki was born on September 12, 1938 in Helsinki, Finland. Son of Lauri and Martta (Pitkänen) Solin.
Solin, Heikki was born on September 12, 1938 in Helsinki, Finland. Son of Lauri and Martta (Pitkänen) Solin.
Master of Arts, University Helsinki, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, University Helsinki, 1971.
Teacher Greek and Latin Normal Lyceum Helsinki, 1957, 1958-1959. Teacher various posts University Helsinki and Abo Akademi, 1965-1985. Professor Latin University Helsinki, since 1985.
Visiting professor Hamburg, 1990, Oxford, 1994. Docent classical philology University Helsinki, 1971-1985, University Turku, since 1972. Director Finnish Institute, Rome, 1976-1979.
President Classical Association Finland, since 1991. Secretary general Delaware Finnish Adads. Science and Letters, since 1999.
Lecturer, organizer meetings and conferences in field.
Member Societas Scientiarum Fennica, 1976, Council Association Internationale d'épigraphie grecque et latine, 1982-1992,secretary general since 1997, Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 1983, president 1997-1998, Academia Europaea, 1989, member council, since 1994, Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia, 1993, Accademia di Archeologia, Lettere e Belle Arti, Naples, 1997, Reial Academia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona, 1998, Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1998, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1999. Honorary member Societas Philologa Polonorum, Warsaw, 1997. Delegate Finland to Union Académique Internationale, since 1992, Council of ALLEA, since 1998.
Chairman Humanities I Academia Europaea, since 2000. With Coastal Artillery Reserve, 1965. Member German Archeological Institute, Internationale Thesaurus-Kommission.
Married Anneli Meurman, June 15, 1968. Children: Otto, Anna.