Otto Walter
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Otto Walter was an Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n archaeologist
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...

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He was a co-worker from 1910-1945 and was a director of the Österreichische Archäologische Institute, lit. the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

. He became a professor in 1945 at the University of Vienna
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...

. He was a professor in Salzburg
Salzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...

 in 1948 and again at Vienna from 1951 to 1953 with Josef Keil
Josef Keil
Josef Keil was an Austrian historian, epigrapher and an archaeologist.Keil was born in Reichenberg, now Liberec in northern Bohemia in the Czech Republic. He began his career in 1904 as a scientific secretary at the Österreichischen Archäologischen Instituts in Smyrna, now İzmir, Turkey. He...

, director of the Österreichischen Archäologischen Institutes, lit. the Austrian Archaeological institutes.
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