Leopold von Ranke

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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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instanceOf historian
human
university teacher
writer
academicDiscipline history
awardReceived Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
countryOfCitizenship Germany
Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth 1795-12-21
dateOfDeath 1886-05-23
describedBySource 19th-century historiography
educatedAt University of Leipzig NERFINISHED
employer University of Berlin NERFINISHED
era 19th century
ethnicGroup German
familyName Ranke
fieldOfWork diplomatic history
historiography
political history
givenName Leopold
influenced 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
Kingdom of Prussia
religion Lutheranism
sexOrGender male
spouse Clarissa Helena Graves
workLocation Berlin

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