Emil Ritterling, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Emil Ritterling

German military historian and archaeologist

Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1861

Place of Birth: Leipzig, Leipzig District, Germany

Date of Death: 07-Feb-1928

Profession: military historian, archaeologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Emil Ritterling (20 December 1861, in Leipzig – 7 February 1928, in Wiesbaden) was a German historian and archaeologist. He studied classical philology and history at the universities of Bonn and Leipzig, and afterwards worked for several years as a librarian in Berlin (1887–91).
In 1892 he relocated to Wiesbaden, where he eventually became a member of the Imperial Limes Commission.
In 1899–1911 and 1915–23 he was director of the Nassau Regional Museum of Archaeology in Wiesbaden, and from 1911 to 1914 was head of Roman-Germanic Commission of the German Archaeological Institute in Frankfurt am Main.
In 1902 he received the title of professor.