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Leopold von Ranke, German historian, author, and academic (died 1886)
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Leopold von Ranke
German historian (1795–1886)
Leopold von Ranke 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was able to implement the seminar teaching method in his classroom and focused on archival research and the analysis of historical documents. Building on the methods of the Göttingen school…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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