Elimar Klebs (15 October 1852 – 16 May 1918) was a German

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. He was the brother of

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Georg Klebs.

Biography

Klebs was born in Braunsberg (Braniewo),

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. He studied in

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under

Theodor Mommsen Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (; ; 30 November 1817 – 1 November 1903) was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and archaeologist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest classicists of the 19th ce ...

and

Heinrich von Treitschke Heinrich Gotthard von Treitschke (; 15 September 1834 – 28 April 1896) was a German historian, political writer and National Liberal member of the Reichstag during the time of the German Empire. He was an extreme nationalist, who favored Ger ...

, receiving his doctorate in 1876 and his

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in 1883.Hessische Biografie
biographical sketch Subsequently, he served as a

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in Berlin. Along with

Hermann Dessau Hermann Dessau (6 April 1856, Frankfurt am Main – 12 April 1931, Berlin) was a German ancient historian and epigrapher. He is noted for a key work of textual criticism published in 1889 on the ''Historia Augusta'', which uncovered reasons to ...

and Paul von Rohden, he was involved in producing the first edition of the

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' ''

Prosopographia Imperii Romani The ', abbreviated ''PIR'', is a collective historical work to establish the prosopography of high-profile people from the Roman Empire. The time period covered extends from the Battle of Actium in 31 BC to the reign of Diocletian. The final volum ...

''. Klebs prepared the first volume, letters A-C, which appeared in 1897. Elimar Klebs
at de.WikiSource Beginning in 1906, he was a professor for ancient history at the

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. Because of a serious illness, he was put on leave in 1913 and discharged from his academic duties the following year. He died in Marburg.

Published works

Klebs focused on

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history, such as the ''

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'', the '' Historia Apollonii'' and also studies involving the

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. In addition, he made significant contributions to the ''

Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft The Pauly encyclopedias or the Pauly-Wissowa family of encyclopedias, are a set of related encyclopedias on Greco-Roman world, Greco-Roman classical studies, topics and scholarship. The first of these, or (1839–1852), was begun by compiler A ...

''. The following are some of his principal literary efforts: * "Prosopographia Imperii Romani" saec. I. II. III. Band 1 A–C, Reimer, Berlin 1897. * "Die Erzählung von Apollonius aus Tyrus. Eine geschichtliche Untersuchung über ihre lateinische Urform und ihre späteren Bearbeitungen". Berlin 1899. * "Die Sammlung der Scriptores historiae Augustae", Rheinisches Museum für Philologie Band 45, 1890. * "Petroniana. Anhang I. Die municipalen Praetoren. Anhang II. Vrbs, oppidvm, civitas, patria".OCLC WorldCat
Petroniana. Anhang I.

References

1852 births 1918 deaths People from Braniewo People from the Province of Prussia 20th-century German historians Historians of antiquity German male non-fiction writers 19th-century German historians Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin Academic staff of the University of Marburg Members of the Prussian Academy of Sciences Historians from the Kingdom of Prussia {{Germany-historian-stub