Arthur Mahler was a Czech

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-Austrian

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 archeologist. He was a cousin of composer Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler

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After completing his studies at the gymnasium

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 in Prague, he studied the history of art

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 and archeology at the universities of Prague and Vienna (Ph.D.

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), and in 1902 became privatdozent

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in archeology at the German university at Prague.

He was a member of the Austrian House of Representatives

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 from 1907 to 1911 for the Jewish National Party

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Arthur Mahler was married to Sophie Mahlerová. Their son, Willy Mahler, died in 1945 in Dachau concentration camp.

Literary works

He has contributed a number of articles to:

• "Jahreshefte des Österreichischen Archäologischen Institutes"
  (of which institute he is a corresponding member)
• "Revue Archäologique"
• "Journal d'Archäologie Numismatique"

He is the author of Polyklet und Seine Schule: ein Beitrag zur Gesch. der Griechischen Plastik (Leipzig, 1902).

He also delivered a series of lectures at the American School for Archeology at Rome

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