Heinrich Schliemann was a German archaeologist born January 8th, 1822. He was largely self-educated after leaving the local school at the age of fourteen because of scandalous rumours about his father that disabled him from funding his education. By the end of his life Schliemann was familiar with English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Italian, Greek, Latin, Russian, Arabic and Turkish apart from his native German.
He started his successful career in business on January 30, 1846 in Russia as an Indigo trader. He developed shrewd business skills and earned a fortune in the market. In 1847, at the age of twenty-five, Heinrich opened his own trading firm in St. Petersburg. He continued to prosper and foresaw an early retirement.
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