Editing Georg Dehio

{{Short description|Baltic German art historian}}
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[[File:GeorgDehio.png|thumb|Georg Dehio]]
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[[File:Georg Dehio (Grab).JPG|thumb|Grave of Georg Dehio in [[Tübingen]].]]
'''Georg Gottfried Julius Dehio''' (22 November 1850 – 21 March 1932), was a [[Baltic German]] [[art historian]].

In 1900, Dehio started the "''Handbuch der deutschen Kunstgeschichte''" (Handbook of German Art History), published by [[Ernst Wasmuth Verlag|Ernst Wasmuth]]. The project is ongoing and managed by the 'Dehio-Vereinigung', Munich.<ref>{{cite web |title=Das Handbuch {{!}} Dehio Vereinigung e.V. |url=http://dehio.org/das-handbuch/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101182921/http://dehio.org/das-handbuch/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |language=de-DE }}</ref> He gave his name to the '''Georg Dehio Prize''' ([[Georg Dehio Book Prize]]).{{cn|date=December 2022}}

Dehio was born in Reval ([[Tallinn]]), then part of the Russian Empire. He died in [[Tübingen]], Germany.

He was laureate of the Pour le Mérite order<ref>{{cite web |title=The Order of the Pour le Mérite |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/order-pour-le-m%C3%A9rite |website=nzhistory.govt.nz |language=en}}</ref> ([[Pour le Mérite|"Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste"]]), the Eagle Shield of the German Empire ([[Adlerschild des Deutschen Reiches]]) and the [[Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art]]. He held honorary doctor titles in Göttingen, Tübingen, Frankfurt (Main) and Darmstadt. The [[minor planet]] [[48415 Dehio]] discovered circa 1987, is named after him.

== See also ==
* [[Karl Gottfried Konstantin Dehio]] (27 May 1851, Reval (Tallinn) – 26 February 1927, [[Tartu|Dorpat (Tartu)]]), internist, cousin
* [[Ludwig Dehio]] (25 August 1888, [[Königsberg]], Prussia – 24 October 1963, [[Marburg]]/Lahn), historian, his son
* [[Erhard Arnold Julius Dehio]] (16 January 1855, Reval (Tallinn) – 12 July 1940, Bad Oeynhausen), last German mayor of Reval, Georg's younger brother
* [[Georg Dehio Book Prize]]
* [[Georg Dehio Cultural Prize]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikisource|de:Georg Dehio}}
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* {{Gutenberg author | id=8691| name=Georg Dehio}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Georg Dehio}}
*Céline Trautmann-Waller: ''[[Alois Riegl]] (1858–1905).'' In: Michel Espagne und Bénédicte Savoy (Hrsg.). ''Dictionnaire des historiens d'art allemands.'' CNRS Editions, Paris 2010, {{ISBN|978-2-271-06714-2}}, S. 217–228; 405.
* [https://bbld.de/0000000120963451 Georg Dehio in: BBLD – Baltisches biografisches Lexikon digital (source in German)]
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[[Category:Writers from Tallinn]]
[[Category:People from Kreis Harrien]]
[[Category:Baltic-German people from the Russian Empire]]
[[Category:Art historians from the Russian Empire]]
[[Category:German art historians]]
[[Category:German male non-fiction writers]]
[[Category:Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class)]]


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