Schliemann

shleeman, Heinrich (1822-1890), a German merchant, antiquarian, and traveler. He was a native of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and died in Naples. He traveled extensively in the employment of Amsterdam commercial houses with which he was connected. Having amassed a fortune by successful trade, he retired from business in 1864 and devoted himself to the study of Greek archaeology. In 1870 he began excavating on the site of ancient Troy, a work which he prosecuted incessantly for twenty years. The rich collections of antiquities he deposited in a museum at Berlin. He also explored the ruins at Mycenae and elsewhere. He wrote a number of works. The most celebrated is Trojan Antiquities. See Troy