Ranke, Leopold

von, b. at Wiehe, Thu ring i a, Dec. 21, 1795; d. in Berlin, Sunday, May 23, 1886; studied at Leipzig; was appointed head teacher in the Frankfort (on the Oder) gymnasium in 1818; and since 1825 has been profe or of history at the University of Berlin. In 1827 he was sent by the Pru ian government to Vienna, Venice, and Rome, to conduct historical researches. In 1841 he was appointed historiographer of Pru ia; in 1848, elected a member of the Frankfort National A embly; and in 1866, ennobled. He was an historian of the first rank, and continued his labors till his ninety-first year. Of those more immediately relating to theological study, which have been translated, may be mentioned, The History of the Roman and Germanic Peoples, from 1494 to 1535; The Popes of Rome, their Church and their State, especially of the Conflict with Protestant ism in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century, 3 vols.; German History in the Times of the Reformation; A History of England, principally in the Seventeenth Century; French History; Universal History, vol. 1, trans. 1884 (the sixth part of the Weltgeschichte, extending to the death of Otto the Great, appeared in 1885). *