Education
He studied under Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff at the University of Berlin.
He studied under Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff at the University of Berlin.
In 1911 he became a Privatdozent and from 1914 Associate Professor in Berlin, becoming a Professor at Marburg University (1920), University of Halle (1932). In 1935, the Nazi regime forced him to resign and in 1938 he was detained in a concentration camp. After his release, he came to the United States, where he taught first at and Johns Hopkins University (1939), as a lecturer and at University of California, Los Angeles (1940-1945 as a lecturer, 1945- as a professor).
German Archaeological Institute. Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities.