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.”
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leopold von Ranke canonical | 14 |
| Ranke | 2 |
| Rankean school of history | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Leopold von Ranke Context triple: [Humboldt University of Berlin, hasNotableAlumni, Leopold von Ranke]
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A.
Theodor Mommsen
Theodor Mommsen was a renowned 19th-century German classical scholar, historian of ancient Rome, and Nobel Prize–winning author.
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Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff
Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff was a preeminent German classical philologist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his influential scholarship on ancient Greek literature and culture.
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C.
Karl Ritter
Karl Ritter was a senior German diplomat and Nazi official who played a key role in coordinating foreign policy and war crimes during the Third Reich.
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D.
Friedrich August Wolf
Friedrich August Wolf was a pioneering German classical philologist best known for his critical work on Homer and for helping to establish philology as a modern academic discipline.
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E.
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt was a German philosopher, linguist, and statesman whose ideas about the creative, generative nature of language profoundly shaped modern linguistic theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Leopold von Ranke Target entity description: 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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A.
Theodor Mommsen
Theodor Mommsen was a renowned 19th-century German classical scholar, historian of ancient Rome, and Nobel Prize–winning author.
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B.
Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff
Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff was a preeminent German classical philologist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his influential scholarship on ancient Greek literature and culture.
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C.
Karl Ritter
Karl Ritter was a senior German diplomat and Nazi official who played a key role in coordinating foreign policy and war crimes during the Third Reich.
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D.
Friedrich August Wolf
Friedrich August Wolf was a pioneering German classical philologist best known for his critical work on Homer and for helping to establish philology as a modern academic discipline.
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E.
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt was a German philosopher, linguist, and statesman whose ideas about the creative, generative nature of language profoundly shaped modern linguistic theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| 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
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surface form:
Ranke
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| fieldOfWork |
diplomatic history
ⓘ
historiography ⓘ political history ⓘ |
| givenName | Leopold ⓘ |
| influenced |
German historical school of economics
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surface form:
German historical school
modern historical scholarship ⓘ professionalization of history as an academic discipline ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critical use of archival documents
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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
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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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Subject: Leopold von Ranke Description of subject: 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.”
Referenced by (17)
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