Eduard Meyer (January 25, 1855 - August 31, 1930) was a German historian, born at Hamburg and educated at the universities of Bonn and Leipzig. He was appointed professor at Breslau in 1885, at Halle in 1889, and at Berlin in 1902. He lectured at Harvard in 1909. Honorary degrees were given him by Oxford, St. Andrews, Freiburg, and Chicago universities. His principal work is his Geschichte des Altertums (1884-1902; third edition, 1913). He also published: A historian is someone who writes history, and history is a written accounting of the past. ... Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ... The main building, viewed from the Hofgarten. ... The University of Leipzig (Universität Leipzig), located in Leipzig in the Free State and former Kingdom of Saxony, is one of the oldest universities in Europe. ... A professor giving a lecture The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ... Wrocław, (Polish pronunciation: (?), Czech: , German: ( (help· info)), Latin: Wratislavia or Vratislavia) is the capital of Lower Silesia in southwestern Poland, situated on the Oder River (Odra). ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... St Marys College Bute Medical School Postgraduate Students Affiliations 1994 Group Website www. ... Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg (German Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg ) was founded 1457 in Freiburg by the Habsburgs. ... The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ...
EduardMeyer (1855 – 1930) lehrte von 1902 bis 1923 Alte Geschichte an der Friedrich-Wilhelm-Universität Berlin.
EduardMeyer hat das wissenschaftliche Leben seiner Zeit stark beeinflusst, was sich in regen theoretischen Auseinandersetzungen niederschlug, von denen heute vor allem noch die als Bücher-Meyer Kontroverse um die "Moderne" des griechischen Altertums bekannt ist.
Meyer, der Kapp bereits aus seiner Mitgliedschaft in der Deutschen Vaterlandspartei persönlich kannte, folgte dem Willen des Putschisten Kapp, in dem er dessen Anordnung, die Universitäten zu schließen, an die Professoren weitergab und darüber hinaus die Einrichtung eines Werbebüros an der Universität zuließ.
Meyer's bibliography is awesome: 570 titles, the most famous of which is his massive Geschichte des Alterums (down to Athens' defeat in the Social War, 356 B.C.).
Meyer's vision was indeed grandiose in conception and treatment, and he disdained details (for which Wilamowitz censured him).
Meyer's ultimate pessimism was based on his view of "decline" from "capitalism" in antiquity, and this passed on to Spengler and Toynbee, and among ancient historians notably to Michael Rostovtzeff, and, to some extent, to William Linn Westermann, who was a pupil of Meyer and whom he venerated.
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