Max Ebert (4 August 1879,
Stendal – 15 November 1929,
Berlin) was a German
prehistorian known for his studies associated with the
Baltic states
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and
South Russia.
Biography
He studied history and
Germanistics at the universities of
Innsbruck
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,
Heidelberg,
Halle Halle may refer to:
Places Germany
* Halle (Saale), also called Halle an der Saale, a city in Saxony-Anhalt
** Halle (region), a former administrative region in Saxony-Anhalt
** Bezirk Halle, a former administrative division of East Germany
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and
Berlin, receiving his doctorate with a dissertation on the writing style of
Heinrich Heine
Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of '' Lied ...
. 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
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and southern Russia.
[Ebert, Max]
at Deutsche Biographie
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.
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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:
* ''Der stil der Heineschen jugendprosa'', 1903 – The style of Heinrich Heine's prose as a youth.
* ''Die baltischen Provinzen Kurland, Livland, Estland'', 1913 – The Baltic Provinces of Courland, Livland and Estonia.
* ''Führer durch die vor- und frühgeschichtliche Sammlung'', 1914 – Guide to the pre- and early history collection.
* ''Südrussland im Altertum'', 1921 – South Russia in antiquity.
* ''Truso: Vortrag'', 1926 – Truso: lectures.
* ''Südrussland (Skytho-Sarmatische Periode)'', 1928 – South Russia; Scythian- Sarmatian period.
Ebert was also editor of the journal ''Vorgeschichtliches Jahrbuch für die Gesellschaft für vorgeschichtliche Forschung''.Google Search
published works
References
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1879 births
1929 deaths
People from Stendal
Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin
Academic staff of the University of Königsberg
Academic staff of the University of Latvia
Prehistorians
Archaeologists from Saxony-Anhalt