Gerhard Ritter
Gerhard Georg Bernhard Ritter was a German historian who served as a professor of history at the University of Freiburg from 1925 to 1956. He studied under Professor Hermann Oncken. A Lutheran, he first became well known for his 1925 biography of Martin Luther and hagiographic portrayal of Prussia. A member of the German People's Party during the Weimar Republic, he was a lifelong monarchist and remained sympathetic to the political system of the defunct German Empire. Gerhard Ritter, German historian and academic (d. 1967)
6 April 1888
Born on the same birth date (6 April 1888): Hans Richter (artist)
Born on the same birth day (6 April): André Weinfeld • John Sculley • Joseph Medill • Leyre Romero Gormaz • Lowell Thomas • Maria Leopoldine of Austria • Mitsuru Nagata • Olaf Kölzig • Rob Epstein
Born in the same month (April 1888): Billy Minter • Cecil Kimber • Dan Ahearn • Dennis Chávez • Florence La Badie • Georges Vanier • John Crowe Ransom • Michael Heidelberger • Neville Cardus • Sol Hurok • Thomas C. Kinkaid • Walter Tull • Zdzisław Żygulski (literary historian)