Walter Achilles
Walter Achilles (born May 26, 1927 in Lutter am Barenberge ; † September 9, 2002 ) was a German historian .
Achilles completed his studies at the Hohenheim Agricultural University and graduated in 1951 with a degree in agriculture. In 1959 he received his doctorate in Göttingen with a thesis on "Grain prices and grain trade relations in European regions in the 16th and 17th centuries". In 1976 he became an adjunct professor in Göttingen. He later held the chair for agricultural history at the Georg-August University in Göttingen .
Fonts
- Grain prices and grain trade relations in European regions in the 16th and 17th centuries , Diss. Göttingen 1959.
- Agriculture in the early modern period . Oldenbourg, Munich 1991 (= Encyclopedia of German History , Vol. 10), ISBN 3-486-55739-4 .
- German agricultural history in the age of reforms and industrialization. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1993.
literature
- Walter Achilles (1927–2002) , in: Zeitschrift für Agrargeschichte und Agrarsoziologie , Volume 50 (2002).
- Walter Achilles , in: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte , Volume 75 (2003).
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| SURNAME | Achilles, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lutter am Barenberge |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 2002 |