Roderich von Erckert
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Roderich von Erckert | |
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.jpg) Erckert, c. 1885 | |
| Born | 15 December 1821 |
| Died | 12 December 1900 (aged 78) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ethnography, Caucasians |
Roderich von Erckert (15 December 1821 – 12 December 1900) was a German ethnographer, cartographer, and military officer in the Russian army.[1] He was a member of the Russian Geographical Society. He was a military writer and published travel reports, scientific studies, and maps.[2]
His earlier work focused on the Russian Empire, including ethnographic maps of present-day Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, and Poland.[2] His later publications focused on the Caucasian languages and peoples, including Der Kaukasus und seine Völker and Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes.[1] In the last stage of his life, he turned his attention to Germanic history, publishing Wanderungen und Siedelungen der germanischen Stämme in Mitteleuropa.
