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Roderich von Erckert (15 December 1821 – 12 December 1900) was a
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ethnographer and officer. His work on the
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includes ''Der Kaukasus und seine Völker'' (The Caucasus and Its Peoples; 1887); ''Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes'' (The Languages of the Caucasian Tribes; 1895); and ''Wanderungen und Siedelungen der germanischen Stämme in Mitteleuropa'' (Migration and Settlement of the Germanic Tribes in Central Europe; 1901).


Works

* Russland, Carte éthnografique de l’Empire de Russie (Berlin, 1862) * Atlas ethnographique des provinces habitées en totalité ou en partie par des Polonais (St. Pétersbourg, 1863) * Der Kaukasus und seine Völker (1887) * Der Ursprung der Kosaken, vorzüglich nach neuesten russischen Quellen (1882) * Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes (1895) * Wanderungen und Siedelungen der germanischen Stämme in Mitteleuropa (1901) 1821 births 1900 deaths German ethnographers People from Chełmno People from West Prussia {{germany-linguist-stub