レオポルト・フォン・ランケ
From 1832 he studied theology in Berlin, where his interest changed to history under the influence of Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886). With Georg Waitz (1813-1886), Wilhelm von Giesebrecht (1814-1889) and Siegfried Hirsch (1816-1860), he was an early member of the so-called "Ranke school" of historians.