page_title: Ludwig Keller
hierarchical_section_title: Ludwig Keller
caption_attribution_description: English: Ludwig Keller (1849-1915), German classical philologist and archivist. Historian of religious movements and Free Masonry researcher. Founder of the Comenius Society and editor of its publications. Author of 28 articles in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) – one of the most important and most comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language. Deutsch: Ludwig Keller (1849-1915), deutscher klassischer Philologe und Archivar. Religionshistoriker und Freimaurer-Forscher. Begründer der Comenius-Gesellschaft und Herausgeber ihrer Publikationen. Autor von 28 Artikeln in der Allgemeinen Deutschen Biographie (ADB).
context_page_description: Ludwig Keller was a German archivist and historian, known for his writings on the Reformation, Anabaptism and Freemasonry.
  From 1868 he studied at the universities of Leipzig and Marburg, and in 1874 became an archivist at the state archives in Marburg. Shortly afterwards, he relocated to the state archives in Münster, where from 1881 to 1895 he served as director. From 1895 onward, he worked at the classified state archives in Berlin.
  He was the founder and chairman of the Comenius-Gesellschaft zur Pflege der Wissenschaft und der Volksbildung. He was the author of numerous biographies in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.
context_section_description: Ludwig Keller (28 May 1849, in Fritzlar – 9 March 1915, in Berlin) was a German archivist and historian, known for his writings on the Reformation, Anabaptism and Freemasonry.
  From 1868 he studied at the universities of Leipzig and Marburg, and in 1874 became an archivist at the state archives in Marburg. Shortly afterwards, he relocated to the state archives in Münster, where from 1881 to 1895 he served as director. From 1895 onward, he worked at the classified state archives in Berlin.
  He was the founder and chairman of the Comenius-Gesellschaft zur Pflege der Wissenschaft und der Volksbildung (Comenius Society for the Advancement of Science and Popular Education). He was the author of numerous biographies in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.
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