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Gerhard Ritter

1888 - 1967

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Gerhard Georg Bernhard Ritter (6 April 1888, in Bad Sooden-Allendorf – 1 July 1967, in Freiburg) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerhard Ritter has received more than 160,098 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gerhard Ritter is the 400th most popular historian (down from 328th in 2019), the 4,481st most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,912th in 2019) and the 51st most popular German Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Gerhard Ritter ranks 400 out of 561. Before him are Michael Aris, Taner Akçam, Jerónimo Zurita y Castro, Gottfried Arnold, Martin van Creveld, and Agnes Arber. After him are Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Stanley Morison, Olena Apanovych, Philip K. Hitti, Vladimir Ćorović, and Florian Cajori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Gerhard Ritter ranks 193. Before him are Fritz Schäffer, Sven Landberg, Charles Winslow, Harry Beaumont, Alfred Landé, and Marie Rambert. After him are Henri Bosco, Vasyl Barvinsky, Kārlis Zāle, Hans von Rosen, Eduardo Santos, and Dora Gabe. Among people deceased in 1967, Gerhard Ritter ranks 188. Before him are Reginald Punnett, Ramón Zabalo, Fritz Schäffer, Georges Berger, Percy Hodge, and Mischa Auer. After him are Stanley Morison, Fausto Acke, Angela Piskernik, Juan Luque de Serrallonga, Marcello Bertinetti, and Ernestas Galvanauskas.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gerhard Ritter ranks 4,481 out of 7,253. Before him are Reinhold Münzenberg (1909), Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (1973), Martin Gropius (1824), Alexander Zverev (1997), Hermann von Stein (1854), and Sven Ulreich (1988). After him are Paul Rudolf von Bilguer (1815), Paul du Bois-Reymond (1831), Ümit Davala (1973), Herbert Runge (1913), Sven Väth (1964), and Curt Backeberg (1894).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Gerhard Ritter ranks 51. Before him are Heinrich Zimmer (1890), Peter Gay (1923), Franz Babinger (1891), Georg Gottfried Gervinus (1805), Heinrich von Sybel (1817), and Gottfried Arnold (1665). After him are Heinrich Ewald (1803), Martin Noth (1902), Joseph Hergenröther (1824), Eberhard Jäckel (1929), Hermann Oldenberg (1854), and Nikolaus Pevsner (1902).

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