KIEPERT

kiepert, heinrich (1818-1899), german geographer, was born at berlin on the 31st of july 1818. he was educated at the university there, studying especially history, philology and geography. in 1840-1846, in collaboration with karl ritter, he issued his first work, _atlas von hellas und den hellenischen kolonien_, which brought him at once into eminence in the sphere of ancient historical cartography. in 1848 his _historisch-geographischer atlas der alten welt_ appeared, and in 1854 the first edition of the _atlas antiquus_, which has obtained very wide recognition, being issued in english, french, russian, dutch and italian. in 1894 kiepert produced the first part of a larger atlas of the ancient world under the title _formae orbis antiqui_; his valuable maps in _corpus inscriptionum latinarum_ must also be mentioned. in 1877-1878 his _lehrbuch der alten geographie_ was published, and in 1879 _leitfaden der alten geographie_, which was translated into english (_a manual of ancient geography_, 1881) and into french. among kiepert's general works one of the most important was the excellent _neuer handatlas uber alle teile der erde_ (1855 et seq.), and he also compiled a large number of special and educational maps. asia minor was an area in which he took particular interest. he visited it four times in 1841-1888; and his first map (1843-1846), together with his _karte des osmanischen reiches in asien_ (1844 and 1869), formed the highest authority for the geography of the region. kiepert was professor of geography in the university of berlin from 1854. he died at berlin on the 21st of april 1899. he left unpublished considerable material in various departments of his work, and with the assistance of this his son richard (b. 1846), who followed his father's career, was enabled to issue a map of asia minor in 24 sheets, on a scale of 1 : 400,000 (1902 et seq.), and to carry on the issue of _formae orbis antiqui_.