- Elimar Klebs
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name = Elimar Klebs
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birth_date = birth date|1852|10|15|df=y
birth_place =Braunsberg ,Kingdom of Prussia
death_date = death date|1918|5|16|df=y
death_place =Marburg ,German Empire
residence = German
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nationality = German
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field =Ancient history
work_institutions = University of Berlin
University of Marburg
alma_mater = University of Berlin
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prizes =Prussian Academy of Sciences
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footnotes =Elimar Klebs (
15 October 1852 –16 May 1918 ) was a Germanhistorian ofancient history . He was the brother ofGeorg Klebs .Klebs was born in Braunsberg (Braniewo), Prussia. He studied in Berlin under
Theodor Mommsen andHeinrich von Treitschke , receiving his doctorate in 1876 and hishabilitation in 1883. He also worked as aPrivatdozent in Berlin. Along withHermann Dessau andPaul von Rohden , he was involved in producing the first edition of thePrussian Academy of Sciences ' "Prosopographia Imperii Romani ". Klebs prepared the first volume, letters A-C, which appeared in 1897. From the winter semester of 1906, he was a professor for Ancient History at theUniversity of Marburg . Because of a serious illness, he was put on leave in 1913 and discharged from his academic duties the following year. He died in Marburg.Klebs focused on Ancient Roman history, including the "
Historia Augusta ", the "Historia Apollonii ", andPetronius . He also contributed to the "Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft ".
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