Eduard Meyer

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Eduard Meyer (January 25, 1855 - August 31, 1930) was a German historian, born at Hamburg and educated at the universities of Bonn and Leipzig. He was appointed professor at Breslau in 1885, at Halle in 1889, and at Berlin in 1902. He lectured at Harvard in 1909. Honorary degrees were given him by Oxford, St. Andrews, Freiburg, and Chicago universities. His principal work is his Geschichte des Altertums (1884-1902; third edition, 1913). He also published:

• Forschungen zur alten Geschichte (1892-99(
• Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der Gracchen (1894)
• Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung des Altertums (1895)
• Die Entstehung des Judentums (1896)
• Zur Theorie und Methodik der Geschichte (1902)
• Israeliten und ihre Nachbarstämme (1906)
• Der Papyrosfund in Elephantine (1912)

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