Carl Herman Kraeling

Kraeling served as the president of the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) from 1949 to 1954. He supported the continued study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and encouraged humanitarian awareness for Near Eastern refugees during a turbulent period in the area's history. He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1958.

Carl Herman Kraeling studied at Columbia University. The recorded working language is English. Employment is recorded with Yale University and Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa. Works named in the authority record are Gerasa, City of the Decapolis. Work by Carl Herman Kraeling is recorded in the collections of Yale University Art Gallery.

• Name — Carl Hermann Kraeling • Born — March 10, 1897 • Birthplace — Brooklyn, New York • Died — 14 November 1966 • Place of death — New Haven • Citizenship — US • Education — Columbia University, Lutheran Theological Seminary (B.D.) • Occupation — theologian, historian, archaeologist • Known for — publications on the synagogue and the Christian chapel of Dura-Europos president of the American Schools of Oriental Research

• Anthropos and Son of Man (1927) • Gerasa, City of the Decapolis (1938) • John the Baptist, (New York, 1951) • The Synagogue, The Excavations at Dura-Europos, Final Report VIII.1 (New Haven, 1956)