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Roderich von Erckert (15 December 1821 – 12 December 1900) was a German ethnographer, cartographer, and military officer in the Russian army.[1] He was a member of the Russian Geographical Society. He was a military writer and published travel reports, scientific studies, and maps.[2]
Roderich von Erckert | |
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.jpg) Roderich von Erckert (ca. 1885) | |
| Born | 15 December 1821 |
| Died | 12 December 1900 (aged 78) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ethnography, Caucasians |
His earlier work focused on the Russian empire, including ethnographic maps of what are now Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, and Poland.[2] His later publications focused on the Caucasus languages and peoples, including Der Kaukasus und seine Völker and Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes.[1] In the last stage of his life, he turned his attention to Germanic history, publishing Wanderungen und Siedelungen der germanischen Stämme in Mitteleuropa
Works
edit- Russland, Carte éthnografique de l’Empire de Russie (Berlin, 1862)
- Atlas ethnographique des provinces habitées en totalité ou en partie par des Polonais (St. Pétersbourg, 1863)
- Der Kaukasus und seine Völker (1887)
- Der Ursprung der Kosaken, vorzüglich nach neuesten russischen Quellen (1882)
- Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes (1895)
- Wanderungen und Siedelungen der germanischen Stämme in Mitteleuropa (1901)
References
edit- ^ a b "DNB, Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". portal.dnb.de. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ a b "Lithuaniens et Lettons". www.davidrumsey.com. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
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