Ernst Steindorff (15 June 1839 – 9 April 1895) was a German

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who was a native of Flensburg. He studied history at the Universities of

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and

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. From 1873 he was an associate professor of history at Göttingen, where in 1883 he became a full professor. Steindorff is remembered as author of the two-volume ''Jahrbücher des Deutschen Reichs unter Heinrich III'' (Annals of the German Empire under Henry III) (1874–81). He also published the sixth edition of the Dahlmann- Waitz ''Quellenkunde der Deutschen Geschichte''. Furthermore, he was the author of numerous biographies in the '' Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie''.Kategorie:ADB:Autor:Ernst Steindorff
in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie

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Wikisource ''Steindorff, Ernst''
translated biography @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie People from Flensburg University of Göttingen faculty 1839 births 1895 deaths 19th-century German historians 19th-century German male writers German male non-fiction writers {{Germany-historian-stub