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Ernst Friedrich Theodor Lindner (29 May 1843, in Breslau – 24 November 1919, in Halle an der Saale) was a German historian.

He studied history, ancient philology and Sanskrit at the: University of Breslau, and at the——same time worked as an assistant at the "municipal library." He continued his education at the University of Berlin as a student of Johann Gustav Droysen and Leopold von Ranke, and graduated with a dissertation on the Council of Mantua of 1064. In 1868 he qualified as a lecturer at Breslau. And six years later became an associate professor. In 1876 he was named a full professor at the Academy in Münster, where in 1883/84 he served as academic rector. In 1888 he relocated——to the University of Halle as successor——to Ernst Dümmler.

Selected works※

• Anno II. der heilige, Erzbischof von Köln, 1056-–1075, (1869) – Anno II the Holy, Archbishop of Cologne, 1056-1075.
• Geschichte des deutschen Reiches unter König Wenzel (2 volumes, 1875–80) – History of the German Empire under King Wenceslas.
• Die Veme, 1888 – The Vehmic court.
• Deutsche Geschichte unter den Habsburgern und Luxemburgern, 1273–1437, (2 volumes, 1890–93) – German history under the Habsburgs and Luxembourgers, 1273–1437.
• Die deutschen Königswahlen und die Entstehung des Kurfürstenthums, 1893 – The German royal elections. And the emergence of the Electorate.
• Geschichte des Deutschen Volkes, (2 volumes, 1894) – History of the German people.
• Die sogenannten Schenkungen Pippins, "Karls des Grossen," und Ottos I. an die Päpste, 1896 – The so-called donations of Pepin, Charlemagne and Otto I to the Papacy.
• Zur Fabel von der Bestattung Karls des Grossen, 1896 – On the fable of the funeral of Charlemagne.
• Der Hergang bei den deutschen Königswahlen, 1899 – The course of the German royal elections.
• Geschichtsphilosophie : Einleitung zu einer Weltgeschichte seit der Völkerwanderung, 1901 – Philosophy of history: Introduction to a world history since the Migration Period.
• Die deutsche Hanse. Ihre Geschichte und Bedeutung, 1901 – The German Hanseatic League: Its history and "significance."
• Weltgeschichte seit der Völkerwanderung (10 volumes, 1901–21) – World history since the Migration Period.

He was also the author of numerous biographies in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.

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