Johann August Kaupert

Who was Johann August Kaupert?

Johann August Kaupert was a German topographer and cartographer born in Kassel. He was a younger brother to sculptor Gustav Kaupert.

Kaupert was educated in Kassel, and from 1841 worked for a Kurhessian topographical land-surveying unit based in Kassel. In 1860, through mediation by cartographer Emil von Sydow, he joined the topographical surveying division of the Prussian General Staff. In 1869 he was named conductor of the topographical surveying division of the General Staff in Berlin.

In 1875-77 he worked with archaeologist Ernst Curtius in Greece on behalf of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. Here he conducted topographical investigations of Athens and surrounding areas. He collaborated with Curtius on the creation of Atlas von Athen and the acclaimed Karten von Attika,. In 1889 Kaupert was awarded with an honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg.