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Georg Waitz

German historian
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Born:
Oct. 9, 1813, Flensburg, Schleswig [now in Germany]
Died:
May 24, 1886, Berlin, Ger. (aged 72)
Subjects Of Study:
Germany
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Georg Waitz (born Oct. 9, 1813, Flensburg, Schleswig [now in Germany]—died May 24, 1886, Berlin, Ger.) was a German historian who was the founder of a renowned school of medievalists at the University of Göttingen. As the leading disciple of Leopold von Ranke’s critical methods, he is regarded as the ablest of the German constitutional historians; many consider him to be superior to his teacher in exactness of scholarship. Educated at the universities of Kiel and Berlin, Waitz was early influenced by Ranke. He began his researches in medieval German history while still a student, going to Hanover (1836) to ...(100 of 289 words)

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