Franz Friedrich Roger Wilmans (18 July 1812, in

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– 28 January 1881, in

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) was a German historian and

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. From 1832 he studied

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and

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at the

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, receiving his doctorate in 1835 with a dissertation on

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, ''De Dionis Cassii fontibus et auctoritate''. Afterwards, he worked as a schoolteacher at the

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and Joachimsthal Gymnasium in Berlin. In 1851 he succeeded Heinrich August Erhard as director of the provincial archives in Münster, a position he maintained up until his death in 1881.

Selected works

He made important contributions to the Monumenta Germaniae Historica, that included editions of works by

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. Among his other principal writings are the following: * ''Jahrbücher des Deutschen Reichs unter der Herrschaft König und Kaiser Otto's III., 983-1002'', (1840) – Yearbooks on the German Empire under the rule of King and Emperor Otto III, 983–1002. * ''Die Kaiserurkunden der Provinz Westfalen 777–1313'' – The royal register of the province of

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777–1313. ** ''Die Urkunden des Karolingischen Zeitalters 777–900'', (1867) – Documents of the

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777–900. ** ''Die Urkunden der Jahre 901–1254'', (1881) – Records of the years 901–1254. * ''Die Schicksale der Reichskleinodien und des Kirchenschatzes des Aachener Krönungsstiftes während der französischen Revolution'', (1872) – Fates of the imperial ministries and church treasuries of the Aachen Krönungsstift during the

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. * ''Zur Geschichte der Universität Münster in den Jahren 1802–1818''. Nach archivalischen Quellen, (1875) – History of the

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in the years 1802–1818; according to archival sources. In the Westfälisches Urkundenbuch (Westphalian register) he published: * ''Index zu H. A. Erhardts Regesta historiae Westfaliae'', (1861) – Index to Erhardt's Regesta historiae Westfaliae. * ''Die Urkunden des Bisthums Münster von 1201–1300'', (1871) – Records of the

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from 1201 to 1300. * ''Die Urkunden des Bistums Paderborn 1201–1300'' – Documents of the

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1201–1300. ** Book 1: ''Die Urkunden der Jahre 1201–1240'', (1871) – Records from the years 1201–1240. ** Book 2: ''Die Urkunden der Jahre 1241–1250'', (1880) – Records from the years 1241–1250.Roger Wilmans
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilmans, Roger 1812 births 1881 deaths Writers from Bielefeld Humboldt University of Berlin alumni 19th-century German historians German archivists