Paul Scheffer-Boichorst (25 May 1843 in

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– 17 January 1902 in Berlin) was a German historian of the Middle Ages. He studied history at the universities of

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and

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, receiving his doctorate from

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in 1867. Later on, he worked on the

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project in Munich and Berlin. In 1875, he became an associate professor of history at the

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, then relocated to

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as a full professor during the following year. From 1890 onward, he taught classes at the University of Berlin.Plett - Schmidseder
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Dictionary of German Biography He was a member of the

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. From 1891 to 1902 he was a member of the Central Directorate of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica. He is credited for reconstruction of the ''Annales Patherbrunnenses''.

Selected works

* ''Kaiser Friedrich' I. letzter streit mit der Kurie'', 1866 –

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. last quarrel with the

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* ''Annales Patherbrunnenses : eine verlorene Quellenschrift des zwölften Jahrhunderts aus Bruchstücken wiederhergestellt'', 1870 – "Annales Patherbrunnenses"; a lost source of 12th century fragments recovered. * ''Florentiner studien'', 1874 – Florentine studies. * ''Die Chronik des Dino Compagni. Kritik der Hegel'schen Schrift "Versuch einer Rettung"'', 1875 – The chronicle of

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. Critique of

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's "Versuch einer Rettung". * ''Die Neuordnung der Papstwahl durch Nikolaus II'', 1877 – The reorganization of the papal election by

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. * ''Aus Dantes Verbannung'', 1882 – From

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's exile. * ''Zur Geschichte des XII. und XIII. Jahrhunderts : diplomatische Forschungen'', 1897 – History of the 12th and 13th centuries: diplomatic research. * ''Kirchengeschichtliche Forschungen'', 1903 –

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research. * ''Ausgewählte Aufsätze und Besprechungen'', 1905 – Selected essays and discussions.Most widely held works about Paul Scheffer-Boichorst
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Scheffer-Boichorst, Paul 1843 births 1902 deaths People from Elberfeld Academic staff of the University of Giessen Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg 19th-century German historians German medievalists Writers from Wuppertal