Ernst Steindorff (historian)

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Ernst Ludwig Hans Steindorff (born June 15, 1839 in Flensburg , † April 9, 1895 in Göttingen ) was a German historian .

Ernst Steindorff studied at the universities of Kiel , Göttingen and Berlin since 1858 . In 1863 he received his doctorate in Berlin with the dissertation "De ducatus, qui Billingorum dicitur, in Saxonia origine et progressu". Steindorff was secretary under the direction of Karl Friedrich Samwer and at the same time private secretary to Duke Friedrich VIII of Schleswig-Holstein . After his discharge from the service of the duke, he returned to the university in Göttingen. In 1866 he received the Venia legendi for two years, in June 1868 without time limit. In 1877 he married Clara Waitz, the youngest daughter of his teacher Georg Waitz . On June 26, 1873, Steindorff became associate professor, and on April 18, 1883 full professor.

Steindorff is primarily known for his yearbooks of the German Empire under Heinrich III, which were published in two volumes in 1874 and 1881 and are based on thorough source research . significant. It is the most comprehensive study of Henry III to date. He also wrote some articles for the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie . The last years of his life he was busy preparing the new edition of the Dahlmann-Waitz'schen Quellenkunde der Deutschen Geschichte (6th edition, 1894).

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  • Yearbooks of the German Empire under Heinrich III. 2 volumes, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1963, ND from 1874 and 1881.
  • De ducatus, qui Billingorum dicitur, in Saxonia origine et progressu. Berlin 1863.

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SURNAME Steindorff, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Steindorff, Ernst Ludwig Hans; Steindorff, Ernestus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Flensburg
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1895
Place of death Goettingen