Heinrich Schliemann
German businessman
Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann was a German businessman and an influential amateur archaeologist. Wikipedia
Born: January 6, 1822, Neubukow, Germany
Died: December 26, 1890 (age 68 years), Naples, Italy
Parents: Ernst Schliemann and Luise Therese Sophie Schliemann
Spouse: Sophia Schliemann (m. 1869–1890) and Ekaterina Lyschin (m. 1852–1869)
Place of burial: First Cemetery of Athens, Athens, Greece
Books: Mycènes, Selbstbiographie bis zu seinem Tode vervollständigt, Ilios, and more
Children: Agamemnon Schliemann
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