Ludwig Riess
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Ludwig Riess (December 1, 1861 – December 27, 1928) was a German-born Jewish historian.
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[edit] Life
Riess was born in Deutsch-Krone, Prussia. He studied at the University of Berlin under the renowned historian, Leopold von Ranke. In 1887, Riess came to Japan and taught at Tokyo Imperial University, where he introduced Ranke's research methods of historical research. In Japan, he married a Japanese woman, Fuku Ootsuka.
Riess returned to the German Empire in 1902, and taught as an assistant professor at the University of Berlin. He died in Springfield, Ohio.
[edit] Literary works
- Geschichte des Wahlrechts zum englischen Parliament, 1885
- Lectures in English constitutional history, 1891
- Allerei aus Japan, 2 Vols., 1904-1908
- Historik, 1912
- Die Entwicklung des modernen Japans, 1914
- Englische Geschichte, hauptsächlich in neuester Zeit, 1926
- Die Ursachen der Vertreibung der Portugiesen aus Japan, 1614-1639
[edit] References
- Muramatsu, Teijirô. Westerners in the Modernization of Japan. Translated by Lynne E. Riggs and Manabu Takechi. Tokyo: Hitachi, 1995.
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