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Georg Gottfried Julius Dehio (22 November 1850 – 21 March 1932), was aBaltic Germanart historian.
In 1900, Dehio started the "Handbuch der deutschen Kunstgeschichte" (Handbook of German Art History), published byErnst Wasmuth. The project is ongoing and managed by the 'Dehio-Vereinigung', Munich.[1] He gave his name to theGeorg Dehio Prize (Georg Dehio Book Prize).[citation needed]
Dehio was born in Reval (Tallinn), then part of the Russian Empire. He died inTübingen, Germany.
He was laureate of the Pour le Mérite order[2] ("Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste"), the Eagle Shield of the German Empire (Adlerschild des Deutschen Reiches) and theBavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art. He held honorary doctor titles in Göttingen, Tübingen, Frankfurt (Main) and Darmstadt. Theminor planet48415 Dehio discovered circa 1987, is named after him.
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