The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Meyer, Eduard

MEYER, Eduard, German historian: b. Hamburg, 25 Jan. 1855. He was educated at the universities of Bonn and Leipzig, and after completing his studies spent one year in Constantinople. In 1879 he went to the University of Leipzig as privatdocent; in 1885 became professor of ancient history at Breslau and in 1889 at Halle. He has written &lsquo;Geschichte der Alten Ægypter&rsquo; (1877); &lsquo;Geschichte des Altertums&rsquo; (1884-1902), his largest work; &lsquo;Forschungen zur Alten Geschichte&rsquo; (1892-99); &lsquo;Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der Gracchen&rsquo; (History of Greece) (1894); &lsquo;Wirtschaftliche Entwickelung des Altertums&rsquo; (1895); and &lsquo;Die Entstehung des Judentums&rsquo; (1896); &lsquo;Zur Theorie und Methodik der Geschichte&rsquo; (1902); &lsquo;Der Israeliten und ihre Nachbarstamme&rsquo; (1906).