Paul Scheffer-Boichorst, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German medievalist
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Place of Birth: Elberfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Paul Scheffer-Boichorst
- Paul Scheffer-Boichorst (25 May 1843 in Elberfeld – 17 January 1902 in Berlin) was a German historian of the Middle Ages. He studied history at the universities of Innsbruck, Göttingen and Berlin, receiving his doctorate from Leipzig University in 1867.
- Later on, he worked on the Monumenta Germaniae Historica project in Munich and Berlin.
- In 1875, he became an associate professor of history at the University of Giessen, then relocated to Strasbourg as a full professor during the following year.
- From 1890 onward, he taught classes at the University of Berlin.He was a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
- 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.
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