Wilhelm Arndt
German historian

Wilhelm Arndt

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German historian
Gender:
Male
Places:
Germany
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MedievalistHistorianEducator
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Birth:
27 September 1838(Province of Posen)
Death:
10 December 1895(Leipzig, Leipzig District, East Germany)
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Introduction

Wilhelm Ferdinand Arndt (27 September 1838, Lobsens, Posen, Prussia – 10 January 1895) was a German historian.

Biography

He graduated from the University of Göttingen (PhD 1861) and became connected with the University of Leipzig (privatdozent, 1875/76; associate professor of auxiliary sciences of history, 1876–94).

Works

For many years he was a collaborator on the Monumenta Germaniæ Historica (1862–75).

His chief works are:

  • Kleine Denkmäler aus der Merowingerzeit (“Small monuments from Merovingian times,” 1874)
  • Schrifttafeln zur Erlernung der lateinischen Paläographie (“Tables of characters for the study of Latin paleography,” 1874, 3d ed., 1898)