Max Ebert (4 August 1879,

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– 15 November 1929,

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) was a German

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known for his studies associated with the

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and South Russia.

Biography

He studied history and Germanistics at the universities of

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, Halle and

, 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 an outstanding poet, writer, and literary criticism, literary critic of 19th-century German Romanticism. He is best known outside Germany for his ...

. From 1906 to 1914 he worked as a research assistant in the prehistory department at the

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, during which time, he participated in excavations in

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and southern Russia.Ebert, Max
at Deutsche Biographie In 1922 he became a professor of prehistory at the

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, 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

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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

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. * ''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;

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period. Ebert was also editor of the journal ''Vorgeschichtliches Jahrbuch für die Gesellschaft für vorgeschichtliche Forschung''.Google Search
published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ebert, Max 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 German prehistorians Archaeologists from Saxony-Anhalt