Samuel Wide

Samuel (Sam) Karl Anders Wide (c. 1861 – 13 February 1918) was a Swedish classical archaeologist, ancient historian and philologist.

Wide was born at Stora Tuna in Kopparberg County, Sweden.

In 1895 he became a professor of classical languages at the University of Lund, attaining a similar position at Uppsala in 1899.

[1] Wide made many study and research trips to the countries of classical culture.

In the summer of 1894, with Lennart Kjellberg (1857 –1936) he performed excavatory work of the Sanctuary of Poseidon on the island of Kalaureia.