| 1 | Name: | Dr. Carl Nylander | |
| Institution: | Swedish Institute of Classical Studies | ||
| Year Elected: | 2000 | ||
| Class: | 4. Humanities | ||
| Subdivision: | 403. Cultural Anthropology | ||
| Residency: | International | ||
| Living? : | Living | ||
| Birth Date: | 1932 | ||
In Sweden, Carl Nylander is regarded as epitomizing "kulturpersonlighet," a man of the broadest intellectual interests and achievements. A highly esteemed lecturer and writer, he has been director emeritus of the Swedish Institute for Classical Studies since 1997 and has coordinated Scandinavian excavations of the Temple of the Dioscuri, Forum Romanum in Rome since 1983. Dr. Nylander has published approximately 80 scientific publications, among them Pasargadae: Studies in Old Persian Architecture (1970) and The Deep Well, translated from Swedish in 1970, with its fascinating excursions into the world of archaeology. Dr. Nylander has also taught at Bryn Mawr College and the University of Copenhagen and holds Fil. lic and Fil.Dr. degrees from the University of Uppsala, Sweden. | |||