Karl Leo Heinrich Lehmann (1894–1960) was a German-born American art historian, archaeologist, and professor.
[1] His 1923 thesis was titled, Die antiken Hafenanlagen des Mittelmeeres: Beiträge zur Geschichte des Städtebaues im Altertum (English: The Ancient Port Facilities of the Mediterranean: Contributions to the History of Urban Development in Antiquity)[4] and his doctoral advisor was Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff.
[1] In April 1933, while he was doing an excavation in Pompeii, Lehmann was discharged from his role by the Nazis, due to his Jewish heritage and his liberal stance politics.
[1] In 1935 he emigrated to the United States, and joined as a Professor at the New York University Institute of Fine Arts, working alongside Walter William Spencer Cook.
[1] Lehmann's students included Phyllis Pray Bober,[6] Otto Brendel, Bluma L. Trell,[7] Theresa Goell,[8] among others.