BOTTIGER, KARL AUGUST German archaeologist, was born at Reichenbach on June 8, 176o, and died at Dresden on Nov. 17, 1835. In 1791 he was appointed rector of the gymnasium at Weimar, where he entered into a circle of literary men, including Wieland, Schiller, and Goethe. In 1804 he was called to Dresden as superintendent of the studies of the court pages. In 1814 he was made director of studies at the court academy, and inspector of the Museum of Antiquities. His chief works are:—Sabina, oder Morgenszenen im Putzzimmer einer reichen Romerin (1803) ; Griechische V asengemiilde (1803); Ideen zur Archiiologie der Malerei, i. (1811) (no more published) ; Kunstmythologie (181I) ; Vorlesungen and Aufsiitze zur Alterthum skunde (1817) ; Amalthea (1821-25) ; Ideen zur Kunstmythologie (1826-36) . The Opuscula et Carmina Latina were published sepa rately in 1837, with a collection of his smaller pieces, Kleine Schriften (1837-38), including a complete list of his works (56 pages). His biography was written by his son Karl Wilhelm Bottiger (179o-1862) , for some time professor of history at Erlangen, and author of several valuable historical works.