DUMMLER

dummler, ernst ludwig (1830-1902), german historian, the son of ferdinand dummler (1777-1846), a berlin bookseller, was born in berlin, on the 2nd of january 1830. he studied at bonn under j.w. lobell (1786-1863), under l. von ranke and w. wattenbach, and his doctor's dissertation, _de arnulfo francorum rege_ (berlin, 1852), was a notable essay. he entered the faculty at halle in 1855, and started an historical _seminar_. in 1858 he became professor extraordinary, in 1866 full professor. in 1875 he became a member of the revised committee directing the _monumenta germaniae historica_, himself undertaking the direction of the section _antiquitates_, and in 1888 became president of the central board in berlin. this was an official recognition of dummler's leading position among german historians. in addition to numerous critical works and editions of texts, he published _piligrim von passau und das erzbistum lorch_ (1854), _uber die alteren slawen in dalmatien_ (1856), _das formelbuch des bischofs salomo iii. von konstanz_ (1857) and _anselm der peripatetiker_ (1872). but his great work was the _geschichte des ostfrankischen reiches_ (berlin, 1862-1865, in 2 vols.; 2nd ed. 1887-1888, in 3 vols.). in conjunction with wattenbach he completed the _monumenta alcuiniana_ (berlin, 1873), which had been begun by philipp jaffe, and with r. kopke he wrote _kaiser otto der grosse_ (leipzig, 1876). he edited the first and second volumes of the _poetae latini aevi carolini_ for the _monumenta germaniae historica_ (berlin, 1881-1884). dummler died in berlin on the 11th of september 1902. his son, ferdinand (1859-1896), who won some reputation as an archaeologist and philologist, was professor at the university of basel from 1890 until his death on the 15th of november 1896.