Karl Gottlieb Wilhelm Bötticher (29 May 1806, Nordhausen – 19 June 1889, Berlin) was a German archaeologist who specialized in architecture.

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He was born in Nordhausen. He studied at the Academy of Architecture in Berlin, and was afterwards appointed an instructor in the School of Design of the Industrial Institute there. In 1844, he was appointed a professor of tectonics (architectonics) at the Academy of Architecture.^[1]

In 1853, he received his doctorate from the University of Greifswald, and later worked as a lecturer at the University of Berlin (until 1862). In 1868, he was appointed director of the sculpture department at the Berlin Museum.^[1][2]

His chief work is the "Tektonik der Hellenen" (Architectonics of the Greeks; 1844–52), a contribution to the study of Ancient Greek architecture. Others of his works are:

• Holzarchitektur des Mittelalters (Wooden architecture of the Middle Ages; 1835–41).
• Das grab des Dionysos. An der marmorbasis zu Dresden, (1858).
• Der Omphalos des Zeus zu Delphi, (1859)
• Bericht über die Untersuchungen auf der Akropolis in Athen (1863).
• Der Zophoros am Parthenon (1875).^[3]
• Die Thymele der Athena Nike auf der Akropolis von Athen (1880).