Eduard Meyer
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Eduard Meyer (25 January 1855 – 31 August 1930) was a
Celticist Kuno Meyer
(1858–1919).
Biography
Meyer was born in
Freiburg, and Chicago
universities.
He died in Berlin.
Egyptology
In 1904 Meyer was the first to note the Sothic cycle of the Heliacal rising of Sirius, which forms the basis for the traditional chronology of Egypt.
Works
His principal work is his "Geschichte des Altertums" (1884-1902; third edition, 1913). He also published:
- Forschungen zur alten Geschichte (1892-1899) – Research of ancient history.
- Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der Gracchen (1894) – Investigations on the history of the Gracchi.
- Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung des Altertums (1895) – Economic development of the ancient world.
- Die Entstehung des Judentums (1896) – The origins of Judaism.
- Zur Theorie und Methodik der Geschichte (1902) – Theory and methodology of history.
- Israeliten und ihre Nachbarstämme (1906) – The Israelites and their neighboring tribes.
- Theopomps Hellenika (1909) – Theopompus' Hellenics.
- Der Papyrosfund in Elephantine (1912) – The papyrus discovery from Elephantine.
- Ursprung und Geschichte der Mormonen (1912) – Origin and history of the Mormons.
- Nordamerika und Deutschland (1915) – North America and Germany.
In English translation
- "Alexander the Great and Universal Monarchy," The International Quarterly, Vol. VIII (1903).
- England; its Political Organization and Development and the War Against Germany (1916).[3]
He was also a contributor to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica; as well as to sections of The Historians' History of the World.
Notes
- ^ Momigliano, Arnaldo (1994). "Introduction to a Discussion of Eduard Meyer." In: A. D. Momigliano: Studies on Modern Scholarship. Berkeley: University of California Press, p. 209.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ Robertson, J.M. (1917). Britain Versus Germany; an Open Letter to Professor Eduard Meyer. London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.)
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- Calder, William Musgrave and Alexander Demandt, ed. (1990). Eduard Meyer: Leben und Leistung eines Universalhistorikers. Leiden: BRILL.
External links
- Works by or about Eduard Meyer at Wikisource
- Works by or about Eduard Meyer at Internet Archive
- Complete German text of Meyer's Geschichte des Altertums ("History of antiquity")
- Newspaper clippings about Eduard Meyer in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW