Author: ROBINSON, M.,
Title: Schliemann's Silent Partner: Frank Calvert (1828-1908). Pioneer, Scholar and Survivor.
Description: XLibris, n.p., n.d.(>2006). 700p. Paperback. Nice copy. From the library of the late archeologist Wout Arentzen. 'Over the years, since 1871, the finds in the settlement hill of Hissarlik (to the general public better known as Troy) in northwestern Anatolia have been linked to Heinrich Schliemann. Though Schliemann had nominally transformed himself from a businessman into an archaeologist, he had with respect to the exploitation of his work very much retained the tricks of his former trade. One of those tricks was to gloss over the memory of the man who introduced him to the landmarks of the Troad (and, indeed, the hill of Hissarlik), Frank Calvert. The book under review, written by Marcelle Robinson (henceforward ? is the first elaborate biography of Calvert, a pioneer of archaeological research of the Troad. Since 1993 R has published on Calvert, trying to restore him to the position he - certainly in her opinion - deserves. So far, this book is the culminating point of that effort. (...) Though one might state that the relationship between Calvert and Schliemann is the main theme of R?s biography?in accordance with the book?s title?, Calvert?s relations with other scholars are also discussed in detail. Notably his relations with Henry Sayce, Paul Ascherschon (from Berlin), and especially Rudolf Virchow (also from Berlin), with whom he struck up a deep, mutual, and profitable friendship from 1879 onwards, are related in some detail. (...) The book under review is an essential asset for all those interested in the historiography of scholarship in the Troad, notably regarding the excavations of Hissarlik (and regardless of the fact whether we call that site ?Troy? rightly or not). The book is, over all, well produced and contains very few typos (e.g. on p. 361, Ezra Thyer (1866-2925)). (...) R has written an important book that generally reads very easily. The presence of some of Calvert?s contributions to science - some for the first time published in their original language - adds to this value.' (JAN P. STRONK in Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2009.01.41).

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