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Gerhard Ritter

1888 - 1967

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Gerhard Georg Bernhard Ritter (6 April 1888 – 1 July 1967) was a German historian who served as a professor of history at the University of Freiburg from 1925 to 1956. He studied under Professor Hermann Oncken. A Lutheran, he first became well known for his 1925 biography of Martin Luther and hagiographic portrayal of Prussia. A member of the German People's Party during the Weimar Republic, he was a lifelong monarchist and remained sympathetic to the political system of the defunct German Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerhard Ritter is the 409th most popular historian (down from 400th in 2019), the 4,625th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,481st in 2019) and the 53rd most popular German Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Gerhard Ritter ranks 409 out of 561. Before him are Aleksey Shakhmatov, Friedrich Kittler, Ivan Charota, Eberhard Jäckel, Joseph Hergenröther, and Dudo of Saint-Quentin. After him are Neagu Djuvara, Francis Godwin, Lidiya Ponomarenko, Boris Rybakov, Riane Eisler, and Cyril Toumanoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Gerhard Ritter ranks 200. Before him are Dora Gabe, Maxwell Anderson, Alfred Asikainen, František Langer, Andrea Andreen, and Anders Haugen. After him are Seán Lester, Sándor Pósta, Ronald Knox, José Eustasio Rivera, Kaare Klint, and Edward Cook. Among people deceased in 1967, Gerhard Ritter ranks 202. Before him are Ulderico Sergo, Ann Sheridan, Ad Reinhardt, György Bródy, Marcello Bertinetti, and James Dunn. After him are Halina Poświatowska, Michael J. Adams, Ernestas Galvanauskas, Paul Whiteman, Clifton Williams, and Francis Spellman.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gerhard Ritter ranks 4,628 out of 7,253. Before him are Marie Hankel (1844), Joseph von Radowitz (1797), Wolfgang Rolff (1959), Edda Moser (1938), Dagmar Käsling (1947), and Bernd Cullmann (1939). After him are Albrecht Becker (1906), Oskar von Miller (1855), Richard Schorr (1867), Ellen von Unwerth (1954), Rudolf Scharping (1947), and Otto Heckmann (1901).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Gerhard Ritter ranks 53. Before him are Heinrich von Sybel (1817), Peter Gay (1923), Heinrich Gelzer (1847), Friedrich Kittler (1943), Eberhard Jäckel (1929), and Joseph Hergenröther (1824). After him are Heinrich Ewald (1803), Nikolaus Pevsner (1902), Martin Noth (1902), Hermann Oldenberg (1854), Walter Jens (1923), and Rainer Zitelmann (1957).

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