Ranke
LEOPOLD VON, a German and Halle, Dec. 21, 1795. Though he and philology at Halle and Berlin, and in 1818 began to teach at the gymnasium of Frankfort-on-Oder, studied and Berlin, and in 1818 began to teach at the gymnasium of Frankfort-on-Oder, ied theology and LEOPOLD VON RANKE his chiefest thoughts were given to the study of history. The works, "A History of the Roman and German People from on Modern Historians" (1824), procured 1494 to 1535" (1824) and "A Criticism him a call to Berlin as Professor of History in 1825. The latter of these works and "Analecta" to his subsequent books, tory in 1825. The latter of these works and "Analecta" to his subsequent books, It should know nothing of the political history, and the methods of the ideal historian. History is the record of facts. It should know nothing of the political party, or Church politics, or subjective views of the writer. It should be based cally examined and sifted. In 1827 he was sent by the Prussian Government to consult the archives of Vienna, Venice, Rome, and Florence; four years he spent RANKE in this work, and returned with a mass of the most valuable historical materials.
The results of his labors were seen in "The Princes and Peoples of Southern Europe in the 16th and 17th Centuries" (1827), and other books dealing with Serbia, Turkey, and Venice; and "The Roman Popes in the 16th and 17th Centuries" (1834-1837; 9th ed. 1889), perhaps the most finished of his books. Then he turned his attention to central and northern Europe, and wrote in quick succession "German History in the Early Reformation" (1839-1847); "Twelve Books on Prussian History" (1847- 1848) "History of the French" (1852- RANTERS seen in the works of the great school of historical writers, Waitz, Von Sybel, Giesebrecht, and others. A collected edition of his "Works" was published at Leipsic in 47 volumes in 1868. He died in Berlin, May 23, 1886.