Apl. Prof. Dr. Ernst Schäfer
- *1902
- 1919 to 192 apprenticeship as a carpenter
- 1923 to 1925 journeyman years
- 1925 A-Levels
- 1925to 1930 studies theology in Göttingen and Leipzig
- 1931 doctorate in Leipzig
- 1935 habilitation in Leipzig
- 1936 to 1944 pastor in charge of the German protestant community in Athens
- 1946 to 1949 assistant professorship in the field of ancient christian archaeology at the faculty of theology in Göttingen
- 1949 habilitation to Göttingen
- 1953 appointed to supernumerary professor in the field of christian archaeology and ecclesiastical art at the faculty of theology in Göttingen
- 1968 retirement
- 1996 passed away