Ferdinand Keller
1800–81
Swiss archaeologist. Teacher at the Industrieschule in Zürich from 1831. Founder and first president of the Gesellschaft für vaterlandische Altertümer (later Antiquarische Gesellschaft), 1832. Honorary D. Phil., University of Zürich, 1847. Editor of Anzeiger für schweize Altertumskunde, 1869–79. Best known for his discovery of ancient lake dwellings at Obermeilen and for his numerous publications on the subject.
Sources
ADB
HBLS.
Bibliography
ADB: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Royal Academy of Sciences. 56 vols. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. 1875–1912.
HBLS: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz. Under the auspices of the Allgemeine Geschichtsforschende Gesellschaft der Schweiz. Edited by Heinrich Türler et al. 7 vols. and supplement. Neuchâtel, Switzerland: Administration des Historisch-Biographischen Lexikons der Schweiz. 1921–34.
