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Max Wolfgang Duncker (18111886)
Duncker, Max Wolfgang. A German historian; born in Berlin, Oct. 15, 1811; died in Anspach, July 21, 1886. Politics interested him in early years, but his later energies were given to elaborate historical investigations, of which the best fruits are: ‘The Crisis of the Reformation’ (1845); ‘Feudalism and Aristocracy’ (1858); and ‘Ancient History’ (1852–57).