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Victor Ehrenberg | |
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Born | |
Died | 25 January 1976 | (aged 84)
Occupation(s) | Historian, author, writer |
Spouse | Eva Dorothea Ehrenberg |
Children |
Geoffrey Elton Lewis Elton |
Relatives |
Hans Ehrenberg (brother) Andrew S. C. Ehrenberg (nephew) Victor Ehrenberg (uncle) Richard Ehrenberg (uncle) Ben Elton (grandson) |
Victor Ehrenberg (22 November 1891 – 25 January 1976) was a German Jewish historian.
Ehrenberg was born in Altona, Hamburg to a noted German Jewish family. He was the younger brother of Hans Ehrenberg and the nephew of the jurist Victor Ehrenberg, and a nephew of economist Richard Ehrenberg. [1]
Victor Ehrenberg served in the German Army on the Western Front during World War I and was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd Class for his combat service. [2]
Ehrenberg was married to Eva Dorothea Ehrenberg, née Sommer (1891–1964), a daughter of Siegfried Sommer and Helene Sommer ( High Court Judge, Hessen). He was the father of Geoffrey and Lewis Elton, and grandfather of Ben Elton.
He died, aged 84, in London.
A bequest made in his will to the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London funds the Grote prize, an academic prize for outstanding scholarship in the field of Ancient History. [3]
You can help expand this article with text translated from
the corresponding article in German. (February 2009) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
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Victor Ehrenberg | |
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Born | |
Died | 25 January 1976 | (aged 84)
Occupation(s) | Historian, author, writer |
Spouse | Eva Dorothea Ehrenberg |
Children |
Geoffrey Elton Lewis Elton |
Relatives |
Hans Ehrenberg (brother) Andrew S. C. Ehrenberg (nephew) Victor Ehrenberg (uncle) Richard Ehrenberg (uncle) Ben Elton (grandson) |
Victor Ehrenberg (22 November 1891 – 25 January 1976) was a German Jewish historian.
Ehrenberg was born in Altona, Hamburg to a noted German Jewish family. He was the younger brother of Hans Ehrenberg and the nephew of the jurist Victor Ehrenberg, and a nephew of economist Richard Ehrenberg. [1]
Victor Ehrenberg served in the German Army on the Western Front during World War I and was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd Class for his combat service. [2]
Ehrenberg was married to Eva Dorothea Ehrenberg, née Sommer (1891–1964), a daughter of Siegfried Sommer and Helene Sommer ( High Court Judge, Hessen). He was the father of Geoffrey and Lewis Elton, and grandfather of Ben Elton.
He died, aged 84, in London.
A bequest made in his will to the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London funds the Grote prize, an academic prize for outstanding scholarship in the field of Ancient History. [3]