Background
He was the son of gynecologist Hugo Karl Anton Pernice (1829–1945).
archaeologist art historian university professor
He was the son of gynecologist Hugo Karl Anton Pernice (1829–1945).
He studied classical philology in Berlin, and classical languages, history and archaeology at the University of Bonn, where his instructors included Reinhard Kekulé von Stradonitz and Heinrich Nissen. In 1888 he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy with a dissertation titled Galen et de ponderibus mensuris testimonia.
Through a travel grant from the Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (DAI), he participated in the excavation at Kerameikos in Athens. In 1895 he began work at the Antikensammlung Berlin (Antiquarium), subsequently spending several years as a directorial assistant (1897-1903). In 1908/09 he took part in two successful excavations at Miletus.
In 1912 he was instrumental towards the founding of the "Pompeii project", a project that is still continued by the DAI today.
In the field of metrology, he conducted research of ancient weights. After retirement in 1933, he continued to hold lectures at Greifswald until 1940.
German Archaeological Institute.