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Walter Burkert

German classical philologist and religious scholar (1931-2015) · Germany · On the map · Academics · Died at 84

Walter Burkert was a German scholar of Greek mythology and cult.

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2015Died11 March 20152008Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward2003Sigmund Freud PrizeAward1990Balzan PrizeAward1982Carl Friedrich Gauss MedalAward1931Born2 February 1931

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Awards

Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2008
Sigmund Freud Prize2003
Balzan Prize1990
Carl Friedrich Gauss Medal1982
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Honorary doctorate from University of Toronto
Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
Honorary doctor of the University of Fribourg
Fellow of the British Academy
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Pour le Mérite

About this person

Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1931 to 2015 · aged 84

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