Fritz Moritz Heichelheim was the son of a banker, Albert and his wife Bertha.
11 Facts About Fritz Heichelheim
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Fritz Heichelheim worked between his doctorate and habilitation as a high school teacher.
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Fritz Heichelheim lived for many years without a steady job as a private tutor in Cambridge, England, and the receipt of a fellowship from the University of Cambridge.
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In 1940 Fritz Heichelheim was interned by the British as a German alien.
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Fritz Heichelheim received British Citizenship immediately following the Second World War.
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Fritz Heichelheim directed the excavation of a Roman Site at Cross Hill, Nottingham.
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Fritz Heichelheim was promoted at first to assistant professor and to associate professor.
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Fritz Heichelheim went briefly to Germany as a visiting professor at the Free University of Berlin in 1961.
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Fritz Heichelheim was elected a Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada in 1966.
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Fritz Heichelheim tried to foster closer relations between the Universities of Giessen and Toronto.
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Fritz Heichelheim theorized that the Roman coins found in Iceland were from Germans at the time of the Roman Empire who traveled to Iceland.