Oscar Broneer

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Oscar Theodore Broneer (born December 28, 1894 in Backebo, Sweden; died February 22, 1992, in Corinth, Greece) was a prominent Greek archaeologist.

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Broneer left Sweden in 1913 for the United States. He studied at Augustana College and then attended the University of California, Berkeley. It took Broneer only two years at Berkeley to earn both an M.A. and Ph.D. Afterward he taught at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. He studied in detail the Roman odeum at Corinth. While working at Corinth he also developed the first systematic typology of ancient terracotta lamps. In 1952 Broneer famously discovered the temple of Poseidon at Isthmia on the very first day of the excavation. Broneer became the field director at Isthmia in 1952 and remained in charge until 1967. He published several books in his career. In 1962 the Greek government honored him with the honorary command of the Royal Hellenic Order of the Phoenix. He received the Gold Medal of the Archaeological Institute of America in 1969. His full bibliography may be found in Hesperia 43 (1974). He was buried in Hagia Anna cemetery beside his first wife, Verna Anderson, who died in 1948.