George Maxim Anossov Hanfmann (born November 1911, in St. Petersburg, Russia; died March 13, 1986, in Watertown, Massachusetts) was a famous archaeologist and scholar of ancient Mediterranean art.
Hanfmann became a student of David Moore Robinson, earning a second Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University in 1935.
[Note: The title of University Professor was created in 1935 to honor individuals whose groundbreaking work crosses the boundaries of multiple disciplines, allowing them to pursue research at any of Harvard's Schools.]
He established the Department of Ancient Art and trained students, including Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule III.
He retired from Harvard in 1982 after teaching his legendary course, "Greek Art & Culture," for the last time spring semester of 1981−82.