Franz Studniczka

Franz Studniczka (14 August 1860 – 4 December 1929) was a German professor of classical archaeology born in Jasło, Galicia.

He studied classical archaeology in Vienna as a pupil of Otto Benndorf (1838–1907).

In 1887 he received his habilitation in Vienna, and in 1889 became the Chair of Classical Archaeology at the University of Freiburg.

In 1896, Studniczka was appointed Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Leipzig, succeeding Johannes Overbeck (1826-1895) who had died the previous November.

Studniczka was a leading authority on ancient Greek and Roman art and antiquities.

Franz Studniczka (1860-1929)