Apl. Prof. Dr. Ernst Schäfer

  • *1902
  • 1919 to 192 apprenticeship as a carpenter
  • 1923 to 1925 journeyman years
  • 1925 A-Levels
  • 1925to 1930 studies theology in Göttingen and Leipzig
  • 1931 doctorate in Leipzig
  • 1935 habilitation in Leipzig
  • 1936 to 1944 pastor in charge of the German protestant community in Athens
  • 1946 to 1949 assistant professorship in the field of ancient christian archaeology at the faculty of theology in Göttingen
  • 1949 habilitation to Göttingen
  • 1953 appointed to supernumerary professor in the field of christian archaeology and ecclesiastical art at the faculty of theology in Göttingen
  • 1968 retirement
  • 1996 passed away