The New International Encyclopædia/Förster, Richard

FÖRSTER, (1843—). A German archæologist. He was born at Görlitz, and was educated at Jena and Breslau. In 1899 he was appointed professor of archæology at the University of Breslau. His works include: Der Raub und die Rückkehr der Persephone in ihrer Bedeutung für die Mythologie; Litteratur und Kunstgeschichte (1874); Farnesina-Studien (1880); Scriptores Physiognomici Græci et Latini (1893).