IPPEL, Wilhelm August Walther Albert. Berlin 2.7.1885 — Munich 1960. German Classical Archaeologist. Son of Eduard Paul Ippel and Martha Begemann. Studies at Freiburg, Berlin and Bonn. Ph.D. 1910 Bonn. In 1923-40 school-teacher in Breslau and Berlin. From 1940 Hon. Professor of archaeology at Berlin and from 1947 at Hamburg. Retired 1954. Married with Lotte Erman (1886–1972), the daughter of Egyptologist Adolf Erman, children. In 1929 he made an attempt to show Hellenistic influence in the art of Sāñcī.

Publications: Diss. on Pompeii, other works on classical art and archaeology, also on Belarus art.

– Indische Kunst und Triumphalbild. 24 p. 16 pl. Morgenland 20. Leipzig 1929.

– Wirkungen griechischer Kunst in Asien. 36 p. 12 pl. Der alte Orient 39. Leipzig 1940.

Sources: German Wikipedia (photo in Russian version).