Braun, AUGUST EMIL

Braun, AUGUST EMIL, archaeologist, born at Gotha in 1809, studied at Göttingen and Munich, and in 1833 went to Rome, where in a short time he was made secretary to the Archaeological Institute. He wrote many valuable works on art and mythology in German and Italian. Of these the most important are his Vorschule der Kunstmythologie (1854), and an admirable guide-book, Die Ruinen und Museen Roms (1854), both of which have been translated into English. He died in Rome, September 12, 1856.