Max Ebert

Max Ebert (4 August 1879, Stendal 15 November 1929, Berlin) was a German prehistorian known for his studies involving the Baltic states and South Russia.

Biography

He studied history and Germanistics at the universities of Innsbruck, Heidelberg, Halle and Berlin, receiving his doctorate with a dissertation on the writing style of Heinrich Heine. From 1906 to 1914 he worked as a research assistant in the prehistory department at the Berlin State Museums, during which time, he participated in excavations in Courland and southern Russia.[1]

In 1922 he became a professor of prehistory at the University of Königsberg, and at the same time served as a professor at the University of Riga (1922-24). In 1927 he was appointed professor of prehistory at the University of Berlin.[1][2]

Published works

From 1924 he published Reallexikon der Vorgeschichte, a highly regarded lexicon of prehistory that eventually grew to 15 volumes. His other significant writings are as follows:

Ebert was also editor of the journal Vorgeschichtliches Jahrbuch für die Gesellschaft für vorgeschichtliche Forschung.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Ebert, Max at Deutsche Biographie
  2. Max Ebert Wissenschaftliche Sammlungen an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  3. HathiTrust Digital Library published works
  4. Google Search published works


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