Ludwig Geiger (born ''Lazarus Abraham Geiger'', also called ''Ludwig Moritz Philipp Geiger''; 5 June 1848 – 9 February 1919) was a

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author and historian.

Life

Ludwig Geiger was born at Breslau,

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, a son of

Abraham Geiger Abraham Geiger (Hebrew: ''ʼAvrāhām Gayger''; 24 May 181023 October 1874) was a German rabbi and scholar, considered the founding father of Reform Judaism. Emphasizing Judaism's constant development along history and universalist traits, Gei ...

. After study at

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, and

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, he became docent in history at

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in 1873 and in 1880 was appointed to a

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of modern history there. Geiger's more important researches have been concerned with the history of

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, to which he contributed such studies as '' Nikolaus Ellenbog, ein Humanist und Theolog des sechzehnten Jahrhunderts'' (1870); ''

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, sein Leben und seine Werke'' (1871); ''Petrarca'' (1874), an examination of

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's significance as author and scholar; and ''Renaissance und Humanismus in Italien und Deutschland'' (1882). He also revised

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's ''Die Kultur der Renaissance in Italien'' (seventh edition, two volumes, Leipzig, 1899). In 1880, Geiger began the publication of the ''Goethe-Jahrbuch'', and from 1886–1892 was proprietor and an editor of the ''Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland'' (five volumes), in connection with which subject he published ''Das Studium der hebräischen Sprache in Deutschland vom Ende des 15ten bis zur Mitte des 16ten Jahrhunderts'' (1870) and ''Geschichte der Juden in Berlin'' (1871).

Works

Geiger wrote: *''Vorträge und Versuche'' (1890); *''Berlin, 1688–1840'' (1893–1895); *''Das junge Deutschland und die preussische Zensur'' (1900); *''Bettina von Arnim und

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'' (1902); *''Aus Chamissos Frühzeit'' (1905); *''

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und Zelters Briefwechsel'' (1905); *''Chamissos Leben'' (1907); *''Chamissos Werke'' (1907); *''Der Briefwechsel Goethes mit Humboldt'' (1908); * ''Charlotte von Schiller'' (1908).

Notes

References

*; is discussed near the end of this article on his father. Attribution: *

External links

Digitized works by Ludwig Geiger
at the

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