Georg Ebers
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German egyptologist and novelist (1837–1898)
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Moritz
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Reich
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Place of death
- Tutzing
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- extraordinary professor
- Languages spoken
- Old Egyptian
- Native language
- German
- Notable work
- Ebers Papyrus
- Student of
- August Böckh
- Doctoral student
- Eduard Meyer
- Field of work
- historical prose literature
- Image
- Georg Ebers portrait.jpg
- Number of children
- 6
- Work location
- Jena
- Residence
- Tutzing
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- Commons category
- Georg Ebers
- date of birth
- 1837-00-00
- date of death
- 1898-00-00
- name in native language
- Georg Ebers
- ethnic group
- Germans
- Commons Creator page
- Georg Ebers
- writing language
- German
- start of work period
- 1856-01-01
- end of work period
- 1898-01-01
- assessment
- habilitation
- medical condition
- sciatica
- place of burial
- Nordfriedhof
- birth name
- Georg Moritz Ebers
- relative
- Heinrich Triepel
- archives at
- Berlin State Library
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Works in European collections
22 objects attributed to Georg Ebers, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Georg Ebers The Ebers Papyrus
Georg Moritz Ebers (1 March 1837 – 7 August 1898) was a German Egyptologist and novelist. He is best known for his purchase of the Ebers Papyrus, one of the oldest Egyptian medical documents in the world.
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