Adolf Bötticher

Adolf Bötticher or Adolf Boetticher (12 December 1842 – 9 June 1901) was a German art historian and conservator.

Bötticher was born in Blumberg, Brandenburg, and studied at the Bauakademie in Berlin (1865–68). After performing excavatory work in Greece from 1875 to 1877, he published a weekly newspaper for architects and engineers (''Wochenblatt für Architekten und Ingenieure''). In 1886 Bötticher headed the registry for historic buildings and art monuments in East Prussia, and in 1891 he was named conservator for the province. He died in Warnicken. Provided by Wikipedia