Conrad Varrentrapp (17 August 1844, in

Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( ; from Low German , local dialect: ) is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the ...

28 April 1911, in

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) was a German historian. He studied at the

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as a pupil of

Georg Waitz Georg Waitz (9 October 1813 – 24 May 1886) was a German medieval historian and politician. Waitz is often spoken of as the leading disciple of Leopold von Ranke, though perhaps he had more affinity with Georg Heinrich Pertz or Friedrich Chris ...

and at the

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as a student of

Leopold von Ranke Leopold von Ranke (21 December 1795 – 23 May 1886) was a German historian and a founder of modern source-based history. He was able to implement the seminar teaching method in his classroom and focused on archival research and the analysis of ...

. In 1865 he received his doctorate at the

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under the direction of

Heinrich von Sybel Heinrich Karl Ludolf von Sybel (2 December 1817 – 1 August 1895) was a German historian and politician, who served in the Landtag of Prussia from 1862 to 1864 and from 1874 to 1880. He was a professor at the University of Bonn from 1861 to 1875 ...

. In 1868 he obtained his

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at Bonn, where in 1873 he became an associate professor. From 1867 to 1874 he was an editor of Sybel's ''

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''.Varrentrapp, Eduard Conrad
Hessian Biography In 1874 he was named a professor of

medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with the fall of the West ...

and

modern history The modern era or the modern period is considered the current historical period of human history. It was originally applied to the history of Europe and Western history for events that came after the Middle Ages, often from around the year 1500, ...

at the

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. In 1890 he relocated as a professor to the

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, then in 1901 returned to Marburg, where he served as director of historical seminars.

Selected works

* ''Erzbischof Christian I. von Mainz'', 1867 – Archbishop

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. * ''Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kurkölnischen Universität Bonn'', 1868; Contributions to the history of the University of Bonn. * ''Hermann von Wied und sein Reformationsversuch in Köln. Ein Beitrag zur deutschen Reformationsgeschichte'', 1878 –

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and his reformation attempt in

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. A contribution to the

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. * ''Johannes Schulze und das höhere preussische Unterrichtswesen in seiner Zeit'', 1889 –

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and higher Prussian education of his era. * ''Landgraf Philipp von Hessen und die Universität Marburg'', 1904; Landgrave Philip of Hesse and the University of Marburg.Conrad Varrentrapp
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Varrentrapp, Conrad 1844 births 1911 deaths Writers from Braunschweig Academic staff of the University of Marburg Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg Academic staff of the University of Bonn 19th-century German historians 20th-century German historians