< The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)

MEYER, Eduard, German historian: b. Hamburg, 25 Jan. 1855. He was educated at the universities of Bonn and Leipzig, and after completing his studies spent one year in Constantinople. In 1879 he went to the University of Leipzig as privatdocent; in 1885 became professor of ancient history at Breslau and in 1889 at Halle. He has written Geschichte der Alten Ægypter (1877); Geschichte des Altertums (1884-1902), his largest work; Forschungen zur Alten Geschichte (1892-99); Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der Gracchen (History of Greece) (1894); Wirtschaftliche Entwickelung des Altertums (1895); and Die Entstehung des Judentums (1896); Zur Theorie und Methodik der Geschichte (1902); Der Israeliten und ihre Nachbarstamme (1906).

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