Erman (family)

Erman ( ɛʀˈmɑ̃ ) is the name of a Huguenot family originally residing in Alsace (original name: Ermendinger), who immigrated to Berlin in the 18th century and produced numerous scholars.

Known family members

• Jean Pierre Erman (1735–1814), German historian
  • Paul Erman (1764-1851), German physicist
    • Georg Adolf Erman (1806–1877), German physicist
      • Adolf Erman (1854–1937), German Egyptologist
      • Heinrich Erman (1857–1940), German lawyer
        • Walter Erman (1904–1982), German lawyer and founder of the BGB commentary named after him
      • Wilhelm Erman (1850–1932), German librarian