Leopold von Ranke

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historian human university teacher writer

Leopold von Ranke was a pioneering 19th-century German historian renowned for establishing modern source-based historical scholarship and the principle of writing history “as it actually happened.”

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Label	Occurrences
Leopold von Ranke canonical	14
Ranke	2
Rankean school of history	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historian ⓘ human ⓘ university teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ
academicDiscipline	history ⓘ
awardReceived	Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts ⓘ surface form: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
countryOfCitizenship	Germany ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth	1795-12-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1886-05-23 ⓘ
describedBySource	19th-century historiography ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Leipzig ⓘ
employer	Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ surface form: University of Berlin
era	19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	German ⓘ
familyName	Leopold von Ranke self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ranke
fieldOfWork	diplomatic history ⓘ historiography ⓘ political history ⓘ
givenName	Leopold ⓘ
influenced	German historical school of economics ⓘ surface form: German historical school modern historical scholarship ⓘ professionalization of history as an academic discipline ⓘ
knownFor	critical use of archival documents ⓘ founding modern source-based historiography ⓘ seminar method of historical teaching ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ
memberOf	Prussian Academy of Sciences ⓘ
movement	historicism ⓘ positivism in historiography ⓘ
nativeLanguage	German ⓘ
notableIdea	history based on primary sources ⓘ writing history "as it actually happened" ⓘ
notableWork	History of England ⓘ History of the Latin and Teutonic Nations 1494–1514 ⓘ History of the Popes ⓘ History of the Reformation in Germany ⓘ Universal History ⓘ
occupation	historian ⓘ professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Electorate of Saxony ⓘ Wiehe ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Berlin ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Clarissa Helena Graves ⓘ
workLocation	Berlin ⓘ

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Humboldt University of Berlin → hasNotableAlumni → Leopold von Ranke ⓘ

Leopold von Ranke → familyName → Leopold von Ranke self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ranke

Philhellenes → hasNotableMember → Leopold von Ranke ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ranke

Leopold → hasNotableBearer → Leopold von Ranke ⓘ

History of the Latin and Teutonic Nations 1494–1514 → author → Leopold von Ranke ⓘ

History of the Popes → author → Leopold von Ranke ⓘ

History of the Popes → movement → Leopold von Ranke ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rankean school of history

History of the Reformation in Germany → author → Leopold von Ranke ⓘ

History of England → author → Leopold von Ranke ⓘ

Universal History → author → Leopold von Ranke ⓘ

Universal History → authorBirthName → Leopold von Ranke ⓘ

Wiehe → hasBirthplaceOf → Leopold von Ranke ⓘ

Wiehe → hasNotablePerson → Leopold von Ranke ⓘ

Clarissa Helena Graves → spouse → Leopold von Ranke ⓘ

Clarissa Helena Graves → notableRelative → Leopold von Ranke ⓘ

Jacob Burckhardt → studiedUnder → Leopold von Ranke ⓘ