Eduard Meyer

Eduard Meyer (25 January 1855 – 31

August 1930) was a German historian.
He was the brother of Celticist Kuno
Meyer (1858–1919).

Eduard Meyer.
Biography
Meyer was born in Hamburg and
educated at the Gelehrtenschule des
Johanneums[1] and later at the
universities of Bonn and Leipzig. After
completing his studies, he spent one year
in Istanbul. In 1879, he went to the
University of Leipzig as privatdocent. He
was appointed professor of ancient
history at Breslau in 1885, at Halle in
1889, and at Berlin in 1902. He lectured
at Harvard in 1909 and the University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1910.
Honorary degrees were given him by
Oxford, St. Andrews, 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).[2]

He was also a contributor to the

Encyclopaedia Biblica (1903) and 1911
Encyclopædia Britannica.

Notes
1. 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.
2. 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 public
domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.;
Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New
International Encyclopedia (1st ed.).
New York: Dodd, Mead. Missing or
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This article incorporates text from a
publication now in the public
domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed.
(1920). "Meyer, Eduard"  . Encyclopedia
Americana.
 Calder, William Musgrave and
Alexander Demandt, ed. (1990). Eduard
Meyer: Leben und Leistung eines
Universalhistorikers. Leiden: BRILL.

External links
Works written 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
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