Johannes Haller (16 October 1865 – 24 December 1947) was a
Baltic German
Baltic Germans (german: Deutsch-Balten or , later ) were ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their coerced resettlement in 1939, Baltic Germans have markedly declined ...
medievalist
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and teacher at the universities of
Tübingen
Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in three ...
,
Marburg
Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approxima ...
and
Giessen
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.
Haller was born in
Käina and studied history in
Tartu and at the
Frederick William University in Berlin. He was expert in the field of the history of Christianity. He died in
Tübingen
Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in three ...
.
External links
BBLD - Baltisches biografisches Lexikon digital
1865 births
1947 deaths
People from Hiiumaa Parish
People from the Governorate of Estonia
Baltic-German people
German medievalists
University of Tartu alumni
University of Tübingen faculty
University of Marburg faculty
University of Giessen faculty
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