Gavril Katsarov


Gavril Iliev Katsarov was a Bulgarian historian, classical philologist and archeologist. Rector of Sofia University. Director of the National Archaeological Museum and the Bulgarian Archeological Institute.
Adopted as the father of Bulgarian Thracology.
In 1899 he graduated with a doctorate in Classical Philology and Ancient History from the University of Leipzig. He specialized at the University of Berlin and the University of Munich, followed by Italy.
Full member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,. Member of the Romanian Academy of Sciences and the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Member of foreign companies and institutes.

Selected publications