Roderich von Erckert

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]

Roderich von Erckert
Roderich von Erckert (ca. 1885)
Born	15 December 1821
Died	12 December 1900 (1900-12-13) (aged 78)
Scientific career
Fields	Ethnography, Caucasians

His earlier work focused on the Russian empire, including ethnographic maps of what are now Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, and Poland.^[2] His later publications focused on the Caucasus 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

Works

• Russland, Carte éthnografique de l’Empire de Russie (Berlin, 1862)
• Atlas ethnographique des provinces habitées en totalité ou en partie par des Polonais (St. Pétersbourg, 1863)
• Der Kaukasus und seine Völker (1887)
• Der Ursprung der Kosaken, vorzüglich nach neuesten russischen Quellen (1882)
• Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes (1895)
• Wanderungen und Siedelungen der germanischen Stämme in Mitteleuropa (1901)