Ludwig Dehio (25 August 1888 – 24 November 1963) was a German

archivist An archivist is an information professional who assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over, and provides access to records and archives determined to have long-term value. The records maintained by an archivist can consi ...

and

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

. Dehio was born in

Königsberg Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was ...

, the son of

art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today, ...

Georg Dehio. He studied

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. ...

philology Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as ...

and history at the

University of Strasbourg The University of Strasbourg (french: Université de Strasbourg, Unistra) is a public research university located in Strasbourg, Alsace, France, with over 52,000 students and 3,300 researchers. The French university traces its history to the ea ...

and received his doctorate in 1912. Later in his career he served as ''Staatsarchivrat'' at the ''Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz'' (

Prussian Privy State Archives The Secret State Archives Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (german: Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz or ''GStA PK'') is an agency of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation headquartered in Berlin, Germany. A Federal statu ...

) in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitu ...

. From 1945 to 1954 he was director of the Hessian state archives in Marburg. He was catalyst in the founding of the "archives school" in Marburg.Ludwig Dehio
Munzinger BiographieBriefe 1900-1963
by Siegfried August Kaehler In 1946 he was named an honorary professor of

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and

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at the

University of Marburg The Philipps University of Marburg (german: Philipps-Universität Marburg) was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Protestant university in the wor ...

. From 1949 to 1956 he was an editor of the ''Historische Zeitschrift''. He died in

Marburg Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approximat ...

Published works

Works by Dehio that have been translated into English: * "Germany and world politics in the twentieth century" (1959); translated by Dieter Pevsner, ''Deutschland und die Weltpolitik im 20. Jahrhundert'' (1955). * "The precarious balance; four centuries of the European power struggle" (1962); translated by Charles Fullman, ''Gleichgewicht oder Hegemonie : Betrachtungen über ein Grundproblem der neueren Staatengeschichte'' (1948). Works with German titles: * ''Innozenz IV. und England'', 1913 –

Innocent IV Pope Innocent IV ( la, Innocentius IV; – 7 December 1254), born Sinibaldo Fieschi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 June 1243 to his death in 1254. Fieschi was born in Genoa and studied at the universitie ...

and

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. * ''Historisch-politisches archiv zur deutschen geschichte des 19. und 20. jahrhunderts'', 1930 – Historical-political archives of German history in the 19th and 20th centuries. * ''Übersicht über die Bestände des Brandenburg-preussischen Hausarchivs zu Berlin-Charlottenburg'', 1936. * ''Friedrich Meinecke, der Historiker in der Krise : Festrede'', 1952 –

Friedrich Meinecke Friedrich Meinecke (October 20, 1862 – February 6, 1954) was a German historian, with national liberal and anti-Semitic views, who supported the Nazi invasion of Poland. After World War II, as a representative of an older tradition, he crit ...

, an historian in the crisis. * ''Friedrich Wilhelm IV. von Preussen; ein Baukünstler der Romantik'', 1961 –

Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia Frederick William IV (german: Friedrich Wilhelm IV.; 15 October 17952 January 1861), the eldest son and successor of Frederick William III of Prussia, reigned as King of Prussia from 7 June 1840 to his death on 2 January 1861. Also referred to ...

, an architect of

Romanticism Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate ...

.HathiTrust Digital Library
published works Works About Dehio Aaron Zack, "Hegemonic War and Grand Strategy: Ludwig Dehio, World History, and the American Future" (Lexington Books, 2017.)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dehio, Ludwig 1888 births 1963 deaths Writers from Königsberg University of Strasbourg alumni University of Marburg faculty German archivists 20th-century German historians